William Dunham (mathematician)
William Wade Dunham (born 1947) is an American writer who was originally trained in topology but became interested in the history of mathematics and specializes in Leonhard Euler. He has received several awards for writing and teaching on this subject.[1]
Education
Dunham received his
Writings
Dunham won the American Association of Publishers' award for writing the Best Mathematics Book of 1994 for his book The Mathematical Universe.
In 2007, Dunham gave a lecture about Euler's product-sum formula and its relationship to analytic number theory, as well as discussed Euler's evaluation of a non-trivial integral at the celebration of "Year of Euler" by the Euler Society.[7] He published a chapter "Euler and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra" in the book The Genius of Euler published in 2007 to commemorate the 300th birthday of Euler.[8][9]
Works
- Dunham, William (1990). Journey Through Genius: The Great Theorems of Mathematics (1st ed.). ISBN 0-471-50030-5.[10]
- Dunham, William (1994). The Mathematical Universe (1st ed.). John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-53656-3.
- Dunham, William (1999). Euler: The Master of Us All (1st ed.). ISBN 0-88385-328-0.
- Dunham, William (2007). "Euler and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra" in The Genius of Euler: Reflections on his Life and Work. Mathematical Association of America. ISBN 978-0-88385-558-4.
- Dunham, William (2008). The Calculus Gallery (1st ed.). Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-13626-4.[11]
- Dunham, William (2010). Great Thinkers, Great Theorems (Video Lecture Series). ISBN 159803690-4.
Footnotes
- ^ a b "William Dunham". www.passhema.org. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ "William Dunham". The Mathematics Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
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Dunham, Willam (4 March 1999). Euler: The Master of Us All - Google Book Search. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780883853283. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ Wagner, Clifford (July 2007). "Review of Euler: The Master of Us All by William Dunham". Mathematical Association of America.
- JSTOR 30037380.
- S2CID 125148213.
- ^ "MathFest Highlight: William Dunham Presents Euler in Three Acts". www.maa.org. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
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Dunham, William (2007). The genius of Euler: reflections on ... - Google Book Search. ISBN 9780883855584. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
- ^ Bradley, Rob (25 February 2007). "Review of The Genius of Euler edited by William Dunham". Mathematical Association of America.
- ^ Dembart, Lee (May 15, 1990). "Review: Journey Through Genius by William Dunham". LA Times.
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