Eli Maor (born 1937), an historian of mathematics, is the author of several books about the history of mathematics. Eli Maor received his PhD at the

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. He teaches the history of mathematics at

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.Eli Maor
biography at Princeton University Press Maor was the editor of the article on

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for the ''

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''. Asteroid 226861 Elimaor, discovered at the

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in 2004, was named in his honor. The official was published by the

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on 22 July 2013 ().

Selected works

* ''To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite'', 1991,

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. * ''e:The story of a Number'', by Eli Maor, Princeton University Press (Princeton, New Jersey) (1994) * ''Venus in Transit'', 2000, Princeton University Press. *
Trigonometric Delights
', Princeton University Press, 2002 . Ebook version, in PDF format, full text presented. * ''The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History'', 2007, Princeton University Press, * ''The Facts on File Calculus Handbook'' (Facts on File, 2003), 2005, Checkmark Books, an encyclopedia of calculus concepts geared for high school and college students *

References

Israeli mathematicians Israeli historians Historians of mathematics Living people Loyola University Chicago faculty Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni 1937 births {{israel-historian-stub