Biography:Eli Maor
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Eli Maor | |
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| Born | 1937 Palestine |
| Occupation | Historian of mathematics |
| Employer | Loyola University Chicago |
Eli Maor (born 1937), an historian of mathematics, is the author of several books about the history of mathematics.[1] Eli Maor received his PhD at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He teaches the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago.[2] Maor was the editor of the article on trigonometry for the Encyclopædia Britannica.[3]
Asteroid 226861 Elimaor, discovered at the Jarnac Observatory in 2004, was named in his honor.[1] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 July 2013 (M.P.C. 84383).[4]
Selected works
- To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite, 1991, Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-02511-7
- e:The story of a Number, by Eli Maor, Princeton University Press (Princeton, New Jersey) (1994) ISBN 0-691-05854-7
- Venus in Transit, 2000, Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-04874-6
- Trigonometric Delights, Princeton University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-691-09541-8. Ebook version, in PDF format, full text presented.
- The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, 2007, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-12526-8
- The Facts on File Calculus Handbook (Facts on File, 2003), 2005, Checkmark Books, an encyclopedia of calculus concepts geared for high school and college students
- Music by the Numbers. Princeton University Press. 2018. ISBN 9780691176901. https://press.princeton.edu/titles/11250.html.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "226861 Elimaor (2004 TV18)". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=226861.
- ↑ Eli Maor biography at Princeton University Press
- ↑ Maor, Eli (2010). "Encyclopædia Britannica: Author". Encyclopædia Britannica. http://search.eb.com.ipac.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/eb/author?id=4966&ct=eb.(Subscription content?)
- ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html.
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