What We Are Reading Today: ‘Totally Nonnegative Matrices’

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Updated 02 June 2024
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Totally Nonnegative Matrices’

Authors: Shaun M. Fallat and Charles R. Johnson

Totally nonnegative matrices arise in a remarkable variety of mathematical applications.

This book is a comprehensive and self-contained study of the essential theory of totally nonnegative matrices, defined by the nonnegativity of all subdeterminants.

It explores methodological background, historical highlights of key ideas, and specialized topics.


What We Are Reading Today: ‘Gold from Newton’s Apple Tree’ by Nabil Ali

Updated 08 February 2026
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What We Are Reading Today: ‘Gold from Newton’s Apple Tree’ by Nabil Ali

Flowering currant, ivy, Portuguese laurel, and woad might all have grown in a medieval garden, but it would have taken special expertise to extract and create rich blue and purple pigments from them. 

Humans have been extracting dyes and inks from natural materials for millennia, and the practice was firmly established during the medieval era, recorded in manuscripts that survive today.

“Gold from Newton’s Apple Tree” brings together recipes for making natural colors according to season, method, and ingredients.