Midhat Gazalé (22 July 1929 – 8 June 2009) was an international

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and

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consultant and a visiting Professor of Telecommunications and Computer Management at the

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IX. He served as President of

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-France, as Chairman of the Board for Sperry-France and for International Computers-France, and as an executive and research scientist for other major companies. He was made Chevalier dans l'

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in 1981. He was born in

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and was a special advisor to the Egyptian prime minister for science and technology. Gazalé was the author of the mathematics books ''Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals'' and ''Number: From Ahmes to Cantor'', both of which were published by

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. The latter book won the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Mathematics and Statistics,

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and was one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000. An Italian edition was published by Dedalo Editore. He is also the author of ''Pyramids Road: An Egyptian Homecoming'', published by the

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University of Paris faculty People from Alexandria 1929 births 2009 deaths {{Egypt-academic-bio-stub