People classified with "Mathematician"
Total Cataloged: 5
Richard Buckminster Fuller 
Occupation(s): Author, Educator, Mathematician, Inventor, Architect, Cartographer, Futurist
Specialty(ies): Synergetics, Geometry, Tensegrity
Contributions catalogued: 13
Richard Buckminster Fuller was an American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist. Fuller published more than 30 books, coining or popularizing terms such as "Spaceship Earth", "Dymaxion" house/car, ephemeralization, synergetic, and "tensegrity". He also developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, and popularized the widely known geodesic dome.
Occupation(s): Author, Educator, Mathematician, Inventor, Architect, Cartographer, Futurist
Specialty(ies): Synergetics, Geometry, Tensegrity
Contributions catalogued: 13
Steven Strogatz 
Occupation(s): Educator, Author, Mathematician
Specialty(ies): Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos Theory
Contributions catalogued: 7
Steven Strogatz is an applied mathematician who works in the areas of nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, often on topics inspired by the curiosities of everyday life. He loves finding math in places where you’d least expect it—and then using it to illuminate life’s mysteries, big and small.
Occupation(s): Educator, Author, Mathematician
Specialty(ies): Nonlinear Dynamics, Chaos Theory
Contributions catalogued: 7
Mark Perakh 
Occupation(s): Educator, Mathematician, Physicist
Specialty(ies): Superconductivity
Contributions catalogued: 2
Mark Perakh was a professor emeritus of mathematics and statistical mechanics at California State University in Fullerton, CA. Perakh taught physics and wrote some 300 scientific papers. His work in physics focused on superconductivity and his book on thin films was translated into eight languages.
Occupation(s): Educator, Mathematician, Physicist
Specialty(ies): Superconductivity
Contributions catalogued: 2
Alfred North Whitehead 
Occupation(s): Author, Educator, Mathematician, Philosopher
Specialty(ies): Philosophy of Science
Contributions catalogued: 25
Alfred North Whitehead (1861–1947) was a British mathematician and philosopher best known for his work in mathematical logic and the philosophy of science.
Occupation(s): Author, Educator, Mathematician, Philosopher
Specialty(ies): Philosophy of Science
Contributions catalogued: 25
Bertrand Russell 
Occupation(s): Author, Mathematician, Philosopher
Specialty(ies): Atheism and Agnosticism, Mathematics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science
Contributions catalogued: 22
Bertrand Russell was a British philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, essayist, social critic, political activist, and Nobel laureate.
Occupation(s): Author, Mathematician, Philosopher
Specialty(ies): Atheism and Agnosticism, Mathematics, Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Science
Contributions catalogued: 22