Biography:William P. Byers
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Short description: Canadian mathematician and philosopher
William Paul Byers (born 1943) is a Canadian mathematician and philosopher; professor emeritus in mathematics and statistics at Concordia University in Montreal , Canada.
He completed a BSc ('64), and an MSc ('65) from McGill University, and obtained his PhD ('69) from the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation, Anosov Flows, was supervised by Stephen Smale.[1]
His area of interests include dynamical systems and the philosophy of mathematics.
Books
Byers is the author of three books on mathematics:
- How Mathematicians Think: Using Ambiguity, Contradiction, and Paradox to Create Mathematics (Princeton University Press, 2007)[2]
- The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty (Princeton University Press, 2011)[3]
- Deep Thinking: What Mathematics Can Teach Us About the Mind (World Scientific, 2015)[4]
See also
- List of people from Montreal
References
- ↑ William P. Byers at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Reviews of How Mathematicians Think:
- Grattan-Guinness, Ivor, "none", zbMATH
- Rogovchenko, Svitlana P., "none", zbMATH
- Chaitin, Gregory (July 25, 2007), "Review", New Scientist, https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19526142.100-review-how-mathematicians-think-by-william-byers.html
- Hersh, Reuben (December 2007), "Review", Notices of the American Mathematical Society 54 (11): 1496–1499, https://www.ams.org/notices/200711/tx071101496p.pdf
- Kennard, Lee (April 2008), "none", Math Horizons 15 (4): 24–25, doi:10.1080/10724117.2008.11974771
- Wolff, Ken (May 2008), "none", The Mathematics Teacher 101 (9): 696
- Baylis, John (March 2009), "none", The Mathematical Gazette 93 (526): 170–173, doi:10.1017/S0025557200184463
- Keyfitz, Barbara Lee (Winter 2009), "none", University of Toronto Quarterly 78 (1): 141–143, doi:10.1353/utq.0.0372
- ↑ Reviews of The Blind Spot:
- "Review", Quill & Quire (Ontario Arts Council), 26 July 2011, https://quillandquire.com/review/the-blind-spot-science-and-the-crisis-of-uncertainty/
- "Nonfiction book review", Publishers Weekly, https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-691-14684-3
- Jubin, Brenda (April 2011), "Review", Seeking Alpha, https://seekingalpha.com/article/264854-book-review-the-blind-spot-science-and-the-crisis-of-uncertainty
- "Review", Kirkus Reviews, May 2011, https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/william-byers/blind-spot-science-uncertainty/
- Taylor, Paul (April 2012), "Review", Mathematics Today (Institute of Mathematics & its Applications), https://ima.org.uk/418/the-blind-spotof-uncertainty/
- Sears, Ruthmae (October 2012), "none", The Mathematics Teacher 106 (3): 238, doi:10.5951/mathteacher.106.3.0238
- Edwards, Matthew (February 2013), "Review", The Actuary, https://www.theactuary.com/arts/2013/02/07/blind-spot-william-byers
- ↑ Review of Deep Thinking:
- Bultheel, Adhemar (February 2015), "Review", EMS Reviews (European Mathematical Society), https://euro-math-soc.eu/review/deep-thinking-what-mathematics-can-teach-us-about-mind
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- Roberts, Russ (May 16, 2011). "Byers on The Blind Spot, Science, and Uncertainty". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty. http://www.econtalk.org/archives/_featuring/william_byers/.
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