Eli Maor (; born 4 October 1937) is a

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and historian of mathematics, best known for several books about mathematics and its history written for a popular audience. Eli Maor received his PhD at the

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology The Technion – Israel Institute of Technology is a public university, public research university located in Haifa, Israel. Established in 1912 by Jews under the dominion of the Ottoman Empire, the Technion is the oldest university in the coun ...

. He taught 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 Jarnac Observatory 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