M. B. W. Tent


M. B. W. Tent is an American mathematics educator and writer. She is the author of several bestselling books.

Life

Tent is originally a native of Massachusetts. She currently works as a teacher at Altamont high school in Birmingham, Alabama.

Career

Tent attended Amherst regional school and is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. She received her bachelor's and master's degree from the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
She has been teaching and writing about mathematics for many years.

Critical reception

Most of her books have received good reviews from organizations such as the Mathematical Association of America, Association for Computing Machinery and Goodreads.
Her books have received hundreds of citations in the academic press.
Her books have also received praise from other authors and mathematicians like William Dunham, Peter Lax, Cathleen Synge Morawetz, Charles Ashbacher and Peter M. Neumann.