Eric Temple Bell Scientist

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

Personal facts

Birth dateFebruary 07, 1883
Birth place
Scotland , Peterhead
Nationality
United Kingdom
Date of deathDecember 21, 1960
Place of death
California , Watsonville California , United States
Residence
United States
Education
Columbia University
Stanford University
Known for
Number theory
Ordered Bell number
Bell number
Bell polynomials
Bell series
Bell triangle

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Scientist

awards
Bôcher Memorial Prize
doctoral advisor
Cassius Jackson Keyser
doctoral student
Howard Percy Robertson
Morgan Ward
Field of study
Mathematics

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Eric Temple Bell on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000165552
  2. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3742/is_200105/ai_n8931637
  3. http://www.maa.org/history/presidents/bell.html
  4. https://archive.org/details/ariththeorycernu00bellrich
  5. https://archive.org/details/cu31924068868151
  6. https://archive.org/details/queenofthescienc031537mbp