Dana Mackenzie

freelance writer

Dana Mackenzie is a mathematician who went rogue and became a freelance writer. He has written several books on math and other topics, including The Book of Why (coauthored with Judea Pearl); The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be; and Did You Come Here to Play Chess or to Have Fun?

Latest articles by Dana Mackenzie

Powers of white and brown salt crystals are seen in a dimly lit cave with a roped staircase in the background

Missing megaflood: How did the Mediterranean transform from a salt-filled bowl to a deep sea if it wasn't a cataclysmic deluge?

By Dana Mackenzie, Knowable Magazine published

Researchers have long believed that a sudden, massive deluge filled a dry, salt-filled Mediterranean 5 million years ago. Turns out that probably didn't happen, but there was still drama aplenty.

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