B. L. van der Waerden (1903–1996)
Author of Sources of Quantum Mechanics
About the Author
Image credit: By Unbekannt - This image is from the collection of the ETH-Bibliothek and has been published on Wikimedia Commons as part of a cooperation with Wikimedia CH. Corrections and additional information are welcome., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=59410619
Series
Works by B. L. van der Waerden
Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics (Die Grundlehren Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen Mit… (1974) 9 copies
Modern Algebra 2 copies
Mathematische Statistik 1 copy
Algebra 1 copy
Sources of quantum mechanics; edited with a historical introduction by B. L. van der Waerden (1968) 1 copy
Moderne Algebra 1 copy
Modern Algebra, Volume II 1 copy
Modern Algebra, Volume I 1 copy
Modern algebra. Vol.1 1 copy
The birth of astronomy 1 copy
Modern algebra 2 [...] 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Waerden, Bartel Leendert van der
- Birthdate
- 1903-02-02
- Date of death
- 1996-01-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Netherlands
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Place of death
- Zürich, Switzerland
- Places of residence
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
Zurich, Switzerland - Education
- Amsterdam University
Göttingen University - Occupations
- mathematician
- Organizations
- University of Groningen
University of Leipzig
University of Zurich - Awards and honors
- Carl B. Allendoerfer Award (1977)
Members
Reviews
Lists
Shared Library (1)
You May Also Like
Statistics
- Works
- 32
- Members
- 348
- Popularity
- #68,679
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 50
- Languages
- 3
The ancient Egyptian command of the mathematics of fractions, using their inverse-heavy symbology, is amazingly impressive. And it turns out the Pythagorean theorem is fundamentally not Pythagorean, but Babylonian, as is evidenced by the lists of 'Pythagorean triples' the Babylonians calculated and kept.
(Also, there is a wonderful picture of a 15th century BC Egyptian sculpture of a humorously happy 15th century BC scribe, the mathematician of the day.)
Great, great book, stuck in the basement of my local library. I'm so glad the librarian said "Here. You might like this."… (more)