Eli Maor
Dr. Eli Maor received his Ph.D. from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in 1969 in the field of applied mathematics. He has taught at Ben Gurion University in Israel, the University of Wisconsin in Eau Claire, and Oakland University in Michigan. He is presently adjunct professor of mathematics at Loyola University in Chicago, where he teaches the history of mathematics.
Dr. Maor is the author of five internationally acclaimed books:
• To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite, Princeton University Press, 1991; translated into German, Italian, Japanese, and Korean.
• e: The Story of a Number, Princeton University Press, 1994; translated into German, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Greek.
• Trigonometric Delights, Princeton University Press, 1998; translated into Korean, Japanese, Chinese, and Greek.
• Venus in Transit, Princeton University Press, 2004. This is an expanded edition of the originl title June 8, 2004:Venus in Transit, 2000.
• The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History, Princeton University Press, 2007. Japanese, Korean and Greek translations pending.
He is also the author of The Facts on File Calculus Handbook, Facts on File, 2003.
Dr. Maor has published over fifty articles in applied mathematics, mathematics education, and the history of mathematics, as well as numerous popular articles on science. His article, What is there so Mathematical about Music? won first award by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1979. He has been a consulting editor and contributor to Encyclopaedia Britannica, for which he wrote the article on the history of trigonometry. He is also an active amateur astronomer, has participated in thirteen solar eclipse expeditions, and has written articles for Sky & Telescope, Natural History, Science, and Orion. Dr. Maor is a frequent speaker on scientific and educational issues and is past member of the Mathematical Association of America’s Program of Visiting Lecturers and Consultants.
