PRESS: Wertheim’s work has been covered in a wide variety of publications including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, London Times, Irish Times, Die Zeit, Smithsonian Magazine, Virginia Review Quarterly, Guernica, Lenny, The Believer and elsewhere. She has been interviewed for NPR's On Being with Krista Tippett, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Science Show with Robyn Wiliams, and the BBC's In Our Times with Melvyn Bragg. Her books have been reviewed both nationally and internationally in many places, and her Crochet Coral Reef project has written about in contexts ranging from Scientific American to e-flux.
New York Times – Science Section feature about the Crochet Coral Reef project, by Siobhan Roberts. (Jan, 2024)
On Being – Radio interview with Krista Tippett: On the Limits and Grandeur of Science
To The Best of Our Knowledge – Radio interview with Anne Strainchamps: Is the Universe A Number?
Wisecrack – The Religion of South Park. In this episode of Wisecrack, the acclaimed You Tube philosophy & comedy series, the subject is religion as filtered through the lens of South Park. Margaret’s book Pythagoras' Trousers is discussed in the context of explaining how physics itself may veer into quasi-religiosity.
Other Selected Press
ANTENNAE: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture - Interview with Margaret Wertheim, about the Crochet Coral Reef project, by Gianni Aloi
differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies - Essay about the Crochet Coral Reef by Harvard University science studies scholar Sophia Roosth
Believer – Interview with Margaret + Christine Wertheim about life in art and science, by Lawrence Weschler
See All This – Margaret + Christine Wertheim featured in special international issue of the art journal See All This celebrating women artists titled Pretty Brilliant, curated by Catherine de Zegher (No 20. Winter 2020/2021)
Nature – Margaret and the Crochet Coral Reef featured in Nature essay about art and science (Feb 2021) Download PDF
Virginia Review Quarterly – Interview with Margaret & Christine Wertheim by Lawrence Weschler
Science Show (ABC, Australia) – Interview with Margaret about mathematics and nature, by Robyn Williams
Science Show (ABC, Australia) – Interview with Margaret about Physics on the Fringe, by Robyn Williams
Scientific American Blog - Article about the Crochet Coral Reef
Guernica – Interview with Margaret by Tiga Brain
Lenny Letter - Interview with Margaret by Rose Lichter Marck
New York Times – Article about the Crochet Coral Reef
Los Angeles Times – Article about the Crochet Coral Reef
Sisters Report – Article in the newsletter of the Franciscan Sisters about ecological crisis and The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace, by Sister Ilia Delio
e-flux – "Queer Universal" article about the Crochet Coral Reef and queer studies by Rebekah Sheldon
Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim featured in art journal See All This, special international edition celebrating women artists, curated by Catherine de Zegher (Winter 2020/2021).