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Bell, Eric Temple (1883-1960)
    

Scottish-American mathematician and professor at Caltech who wrote many books, including the well-known Men of Mathematics.


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References

Bell, E. T. The Development of Mathematics, 2nd ed. New York: Dover, 1992.

Bell, E. T. Mathematics: Queen & Servant of Science. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., 1987.

Bell, E. T. Men of Mathematics: The Lives and Achievements of the Great Mathematicians from Zeno to Poincaré. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1986.

Hoffman, P. The Man Who Loved Only Numbers: The Story of Paul Erdos and the Search for Mathematical Truth. New York: Hyperion, p. 195, 1998.

Reid, C. The Search for E.T. Bell: Also Known as John Taine. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., 1993.







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