Burkard Polster
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| Occupation | Mathematician | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||
| Genre | Education | ||||||
| Subscribers | 922 thousand[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 64.3 million[1] | ||||||
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Last updated: 10 May 2023 | |||||||
Burkard Polster (born 26 February 1965 in Würzburg) is a German[2] mathematician who runs and presents the Mathologer channel on YouTube.[3] He is a professor of mathematics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.[4]
Education and career
Polster earned a doctorate from the
University of Kiel, University of California, Berkeley, University of Canterbury, and University of Adelaide.[6]
Polster's research involves topics in geometry, recreational mathematics, and the mathematics of everyday life, including how to tie shoelaces[7] or stabilize a wobbly table.[8]
Books
Polster is the author of multiple books including:
- A Geometrical Picture Book. Springer. 1998. ISBN 0-387-98437-2.[9]
- Geometries on Surfaces. with Günter Steinke. Cambridge University Press. 2001.
- The Mathematics of Juggling. Springer. 2003. ISBN 0-387-95513-5.[11]
- Q.E.D.: Beauty in Mathematical Proof. Wooden Books. 2004. ISBN 190426350X.[12]Included in the four-book compilation Scientia: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Astronomy for All (2011) and translated into German as Sciencia: Mathematik, Physik, Chemie, Biologie und Astronomie für alle verständlich (Librero, 2014, in German).
- Les Ambigrammes: l'art de symétriser les mots (in French). Editions Ecritextes. 2004. ISBN 2915633002.
- The Shoelace Book: A Mathematical Guide to the Best (and Worst) Ways to Lace Your Shoes. American Mathematical Society. 2006. ISBN 0821839330.[13]
- Eye Twisters: Ambigrams & Other Visual Puzzles to Amaze and Entertain. Constable. 2007. ISBN 9781402757983.
- Math Goes to the Movies. with Marty Ross. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2012.
- A Dingo Ate My Math Book: Mathematics from Down Under. with Marty Ross. American Mathematical Society. 2017. ISBN 9781470435219.)
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References
- ^ a b "About Mathologer". YouTube.
- ^ "Burkard Polster, Mathemagician". YouTube. Monash University Faculty of Science. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Mathologer", News, Events, and Announcements, American Mathematical Society, 4 May 2015
- ^ "Burkard Polster", Faculty profiles, Monash University, retrieved 23 January 2018
- ^ Burkard Polster at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ 60 seconds with ... Burkard Polster, Monash University, 17 October 2007, retrieved 23 January 2018
- ^ Chang, Kenneth (10 December 2002), "Seeking Perfection in Shoe Lacing, With 43,200 Choices", The New York Times
- ^ Devlin, Keith (February 2007), "How to stabilize a wobbly table", Devlin's Angle, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ Review of A Geometrical Picture Book:
- Jha, Vikram (1999), "Review: A Geometrical Picture Book", MR 1640615
- Jha, Vikram (1999), "Review: A Geometrical Picture Book",
- ^ Review of Geometries on Surfaces:
- Havlicek, Hans (2003), "Review: Geometries on Surfaces", MR 1889925
- Havlicek, Hans (2003), "Review: Geometries on Surfaces",
- ^ Reviews of The Mathematics of Juggling:
- Burger, Kevin R. (December 2003), "Review: The Mathematics of Juggling", MAA Reviews
- Sun, Hugo S. (2004), "Review: The Mathematics of Juggling", MR 1940029
- Knutson, Allen (January 2004), "Book Review: The Mathematics of Juggling" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 51 (1): 35–38
- Matthew Macauley (February 2004), "Review: Juggling by the Numbers", Math Horizons, 11 (3): 23, S2CID 125318610
- ^ Review of Q.E.D.: Beauty in Mathematical Proof:
- Craine, Timothy V. (April 2005), "Review: Q.E.D.: Beauty in Mathematical Proof", JSTOR 27971813
- Craine, Timothy V. (April 2005), "Review: Q.E.D.: Beauty in Mathematical Proof",
- ^ Reviews of The Shoelace Book:
- Adams, Colin (December 2007), "Book Review: The Shoelace Book" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 53 (11): 1324–1326
- Tabachnikov, Serge L. (2007), "Review: The Shoelace Book", MR 2225624
- Sonnabend, Thomas (March 2007), "Review: The Shoelace Book", JSTOR 27972314
- Halton, John (2008), "Review: The Shoelace Book", S2CID 189884196
- ^ Reviews of Math Goes to the Movies:
- Jones, Lenny, "Review: Math Goes to the Movies", MR 2953095
- Wilders, Richard J. (September 2012), "Review: Math Goes to the Movies", MAA Reviews
- Leversha, Gerry (November 2013), "Review: Math Goes to the Movies", S2CID 233359366
- Gray, Mary (2016), "Review: Math Goes to the Movies", S2CID 123725862
- Jones, Lenny, "Review: Math Goes to the Movies",
External links
- Mathologer, Polster's YouTube site
- Maths Masters, Burkard Polster and Marty Ross
- Burkard Polster publications indexed by Google Scholar
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