Ivars Peterson (born 4 December 1948) is a Canadian mathematics writer.
[1] Peterson worked as a high school science and mathematics teacher.
Peterson is the author of a number of popular mathematics and related books.
For the spring 2008 semester, he accepted the Wayne G. Basler Chair[2] of Excellence for the Integration of the Arts, Rhetoric and Science at East Tennessee State University.
[3][4] In 2007, Peterson was named Director of Publications for Journals and Communications at the Mathematical Association of America.