John Pavlus is a writer.
Greatest hit: “Machines of the Infinite” [PDF; the original is paywalled], a longform feature about the infamously unsolved P vs NP
problem in computational complexity theory. Anthologized in The Best American Science & Nature Writing series.
(If that sounds daunting, try this 343-word version.)
Also: Wired • Bloomberg Businessweek • Scientific American • Playboy (SFW) • MIT Technology Review • Fast Company • New York • Quanta • Kellogg Insight • Salon (my very first clip! aw.)