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Eric Temple Bell

Born

in Peterhead, Scotland, The United Kingdom

February 07, 1883

Died

December 21, 1960

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Temple_Bell

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Professional & Technical, Science

Influences

Henri Poincaré, Niels Henrik Abel, Charles Hermite, Évariste Galois, A ...more

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Eric Temple Bell (February 7, 1883 – December 21, 1960) was a mathematician and science fiction author born in Scotland who lived in the U.S. for most of his life. He published his non-fiction under his given name and his fiction as John Taine.

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	Men of Mathematics 4.09 avg rating — 2,044 ratings — published 1937 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Development of Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics) 4.26 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1945 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1952 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magic of Numbers (Dover Books on Mathematics) 3.65 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1946 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men of Mathematics Volume Two 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1937 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men of Mathematics Volume One 4.13 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1937 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Last Problem 3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Numerology: The Magic Of Numbers 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Algebraic Arithmetic it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1927	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Recreations it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Poincaré [was] the last man to take practically all mathematics, pure and applied, as his province. ... Few mathematicians have had the breadth of philosophic vision that Poincaré had, and none in his superior in the gift of clear exposition.”
― Eric Temple Bell, Men of Mathematics

tags: exposition, genius, henri-poincare, henri-poincaré, math, mathematics, philosophy, poincare, science, vision

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“[As a young teenager] Galois read Legendre]'s geometry from cover to cover as easily as other boys read a pirate yarn.”
― Eric Temple Bell, Men of Mathematics

tags: adrien-marie-legendre, gallois, geometry, legendre, math, mathematics, pirate, science, Évariste-galois

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“Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.”
― Eric Temple Bell

tags: bittersweet, comfort, fools, humor, irony, time

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