Eugene P. Northrop (1908–1969) was an American research mathematician and a math popularizer.
Northrop received his PhD from Yale University in 1934 with thesis advisor Einar Hille. Northrop held the William Rainey Harper Chair of Mathematics at the University of Chicago,[1] and frequently served in administrative roles and on technical commissions.[2] He is most remembered for his 1944 book Riddles in Mathematics,[3] which was well-received by the mathematical community[4] and remains in print as a Dover book (first published in 2014).[5]
eugene, northrop, 1908, 1969, american, research, mathematician, math, popularizer, northrop, received, from, yale, university, 1934, with, thesis, advisor, einar, hille, northrop, held, william, rainey, harper, chair, mathematics, university, chicago, frequen. Eugene P Northrop 1908 1969 was an American research mathematician and a math popularizer Northrop received his PhD from Yale University in 1934 with thesis advisor Einar Hille Northrop held the William Rainey Harper Chair of Mathematics at the University of Chicago 1 and frequently served in administrative roles and on technical commissions 2 He is most remembered for his 1944 book Riddles in Mathematics 3 which was well received by the mathematical community 4 and remains in print as a Dover book first published in 2014 5 References edit University of Chicago Archives S E Fienberg et al 2012 A Statistical Model Frederick Mosteller s Contributions to Statistics Science and Public Policy Springer EP Northrop 1944 Riddles in Mathematics A Book of Paradoxes Van Nostrand E Nagel 1945 Review of Riddles in Mathematics Journal of Symbolic Logic 10 1 21 doi 10 2307 2267205 Northrop Eugene P 10 June 2014 Riddles in Mathematics A Book of Paradoxes Courier Corporation ISBN 978 0 486 79500 3 External links editEugene P Northrop at the Mathematics Genealogy Project nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American mathematician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eugene P Northrop amp oldid 1077903057, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
