Eli Maor Explained
Eli Maor (born 1937), an historian of mathematics, is the author of several books about the history of mathematics. Eli Maor received his PhD at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He teaches the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago.[1] Maor was the editor of the article on trigonometry for the Encyclopædia Britannica.[2]
Asteroid 226861 Elimaor, discovered at the Jarnac Observatory in 2004, was named in his honor. The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 22 July 2013 .
Selected works
- To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite, 1991, Princeton University Press.
- e:The story of a Number, by Eli Maor, Princeton University Press (Princeton, New Jersey) (1994)
- Venus in Transit, 2000, Princeton University Press.
- Trigonometric Delights, Princeton University Press, 2002 . Ebook version, in PDF format, full text presented.
- The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, 2007, Princeton University Press,
- 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
- Book: Music by the Numbers . Princeton University Press. 2018. 9780691176901 .
Notes and References
- http://press.princeton.edu/math/maticians.html Eli Maor
- Web site: Maor. Eli. Encyclopædia Britannica: Author. Encyclopædia Britannica. 30 August 2010. 2010.
