A concise history of mathematics; A source book in mathematics 1200–1800
Awards
Kenneth O. May Prize (1989)
Scientific career
Fields
Multidimensional geometry, history of mathematics
Institutions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Delft University of Technology
Doctoral advisor
W. van der Woude Jan Schouten
Doctoral students
Joseph Dauben Judith Grabiner Eric Reissner Domina Eberle Spencer
Dirk Jan Struik (September 30, 1894 – October 21, 2000) was a Dutch-born American (since 1934) mathematician, historian of mathematics and Marxian theoretician who spent most of his life in the U.S.[1][2][3]
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^Davis, Chandler; Tattersall, Jim; Richards, Joan; Banchoff, Tom (June–July 2001). "Dirk Jan Struik (1894-2000)" (PDF). Notices of the AMS. 48 (6): 584–589. Retrieved October 2, 2018.
^Rowe, David E. (September 2002). "Dirk Jan Struik, 1894–2000". Isis. 93 (3): 456–459. doi:10.1086/374064. S2CID 143979122.
DirkJanStruik (September 30, 1894 – October 21, 2000) was a Dutch-born American (since 1934) mathematician, historian of mathematics and Marxian theoretician...
the 13th century. In discussing the origins of decimal fractions, DirkJanStruik states: The introduction of decimal fractions as a common computational...
journalist, author Lionel Stander, actor Jack Steinberger, physicist DirkJanStruik, mathematician, historian of maths Paul Sweezy, economist and founder-editor...
of this paper, see Struik (1969: 271–284), who also translates parts of two other key papers by Leibniz on calculus. DirkJanStruik, A Source Book in...
mathematics DirkJanStruik in 1923. Between 1924 and 1926, the pair traveled Europe and met many prominent mathematicians, using DirkStruik's Rockefeller...
medieval Floyd Benjamin Streeter (1888–1956), Kansas, American West DirkJanStruik (1894–2000), history of mathematics William Stubbs (1825–1902), English...
Ecclesiastical History. Archived from the original on 2009-04-18. According to DirkJanStruik, Agnesi is "the first important woman mathematician since Hypatia (fifth...
Agnesi, an Italian mathematician and linguist who was, according to DirkJanStruik, "the first important woman mathematician since Hypatia [5th century...
chapter 1, section 2 Karl Marx, Grundrisse, Notebook 1, October 1857 DirkJanStruik, A concise history of mathematics, 4th revised edition, 1987. Harry...
pancreatic cancer. Alan Rowe, 73, New Zealand-born British actor. DirkJanStruik, 106, Dutch-American mathematician and historian of mathematics. Ralph...
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology under the supervision of DirkJanStruik. She worked on electrodynamics and field theory. Spencer made significant...
State president Pieter Steyn, Grand Pensionary of Holland 1749–72 DirkJanStruik, mathematician Franciscus Sylvius, physician and scientist Albert Szent-Györgyi...
obtained his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1938 under DirkStruik with the thesis, entitled "Contributions to the Theory of Elasticity...
participated in student group support of M.I.T. mathematics professor DirkJanStruik when he had drawn the unwelcome attention of Senator Joseph McCarthy...
The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition): Discover the promise. Struik Christian Media. ISBN 978-1-4153-1626-9. Famous people: Schalk Willem Burger...
Robert Stalnaker philosopher, linguist John Sterman system dynamics DirkJanStruik Mathematics mathematician and historian of mathematics Gerald Sussman...
Arthur B.; Frankenstein, Marilyn (December 6, 2000). "Remembering DirkJanStruik, 1994-2000". News. The Mathematical Association of America. Retrieved...
Mark Kac 21-05-1966 Pavel Alexandrov 21-05-1966 DirkJanStruik 1966 Johannes van der Corput 1966 Jan Arnoldus Schouten 1966 Willem van der Woude 29-03-1978...
pro recte pasche celebratione,. (in Latin). Rome: M. Franck 1516. Struik, DirkJan. "Paulus van Middelburg (1445-1533)," (in Dutch), in: Mededeelingen...
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