Biography:Donal O'Shea
Donal O'Shea is a Canadian mathematician, who is also noted for his bestselling books.[1] He served as the fifth president of New College of Florida in Sarasota, from July 1, 2012, until June 30, 2021. He was succeeded by Patricia Okker on July 1, 2021.[2] Before coming to New College, he served in various roles at Mount Holyoke College, including professor of mathematics, dean of faculty, and vice president for academic affairs.[3][4]
O'Shea graduated with a B.Sc. from Harvard College,[4] and received a Ph.D. in mathematics from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in 1981; his thesis, titled On μ-Equivalent Families of Singularities, was written under the direction of Albert John Coleman.
Bibliography
Some of his best known books are:[5]
- The Poincaré Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe [6]
The book has consistently received good reviews.[7][8]
- David A. Cox, John Little, and Donal O'Shea: Using algebraic geometry, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol. 185, Springer-Verlag, 2005.
- David A. Cox, John Little, and Donal O'Shea: Ideals, varieties, and algorithms: an introduction to computational algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, 3rd. edition, Springer Verlag, 2007.
References
- ↑ "Scientists' Nightstand: Donal O'Shea". American Scientist. 2008-05-20. http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/scientists-nightstand-donal-oshea.
- ↑ [1]] "Error: no
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- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Directory | Donal O'Shea" (in en-US). New College of Florida Directory. 2015-12-31. https://www.ncf.edu/directory/listing/donal-oshea/.
- ↑ "Donal O'Shea (Author of The Poincaré Conjecture)". http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/83902.Donal_O_Shea.
- ↑ "Donal O'Shea: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". https://www.amazon.com/Donal-OShea/e/B001ITRLMM.
- ↑ Ian Pindar. "Review: The Poincaré Conjecture by Donal O'Shea | Books". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/nov/29/poincare-conjecture-donal-o-shea.
- ↑ "The Poincaré Conjecture and Poincaré's Prize : Review". https://www.ams.org/notices/200801/tx080100037p.pdf.
External links
- http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/oshea-donal-donal-b-oshea
- Donal O'Shea at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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