William Dunham
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.
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William Dunham
- Born
- 1947 · Pittsburgh.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- writer · university teacher · mathematician
- Fields
- mathematics · topology · history of mathematics
- Education
- Ohio State University · University of Pittsburgh
- Honours
- Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching · Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards · Class of '32 Research Professor
- Languages
- English
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William Dunham studied at Ohio State University and University of Pittsburgh. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is mathematics, topology and history of mathematics. Employment is recorded with Muhlenberg College. Distinctions recorded are Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching, Paul R. Halmos - Lester R. Ford Awards and Class of '32 Research Professor.
Dunham received his bachelor's degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1969, his master's degree from Ohio State University in 1970, and his PhD from the same institution in 1974.
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Dunham won the American Association of Publishers' award for writing the Best Mathematics Book of 1994 for his book The Mathematical Universe. In his book Euler: The Master of Us All, he examines Leonhard Euler's impressive mathematical work. He received a Lester R. Ford Award in 2006 for his expository article Touring the Calculus, and the Chauvenet Prize in 2022 for his article on the Möbius function. 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. 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.
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- 1.www.passhema.org. William Dunham.
- 2.William Dunham. The Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- 3.Dunham, Willam. Euler: The Master of Us All - Google Book Search. Cambridge University Press. 4 March 1999. 9780883853283.
- 4.Wagner, Clifford. Review of Euler: The Master of Us All by William Dunham. Mathematical Association of America. July 2007.
- 5.Dunham, William. Touring the Calculus. Amer. Math. Monthly. 112. 1–19. 2005. 10.2307/30037380.
- 6.Dunham, William. The Early (and Peculiar) History of the Möbius Function. Mathematics Magazine. Taylor & Francis. 91. 2. 83–91. 2018-03-15. 0025-570X.
- 7.www.maa.org. MathFest Highlight: William Dunham Presents Euler in Three Acts.
- 8.Dunham, William. The genius of Euler: reflections on . - Google Book Search. 2007. 9780883855584.
- 9.Bradley, Rob. Review of The Genius of Euler edited by William Dunham. Mathematical Association of America. 25 February 2007.
- 10.Dembart, Lee. Review: Journey Through Genius by William Dunham. LA Times. May 15, 1990.
- 11.Katz, Victor. Review of The Calculus Gallery by William Dunham; and Musings of the Masters edited by Raymond G. Ayoub. American Scientist. 83–84. 2006. 10.1511/2006.57.83.
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