DYK for Ivar Ekeland Dear Jheald Perhaps you read the article on Ivar Ekeland too quickly The article Ivar Ekeland provides an in line and on line linked p 400 reference to Michael Crichton s book Jurassic Park which credits Ekeland and Ian Stewart for the popular mathematics Another in line and on line linked reference to a cinema magazine quotes Jeff Goldblum as having read and then communicated with Ekeland and Stewart Nobody is claiming that Ekeland s book was more important than Gleick s Please accept Chrichton s written word about its influence especially after you verify the passage yourself