Robyn Arianrhod - mathematician and author - has gained wide recognition through her recent publication Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World...more
Robyn Arianrhod
Robyn Arianrhod - mathematician and author - has gained wide recognition through her recent publication Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World Through the Language of Mathematics. In it, she shows how theoretical physicists like Einstein, Newton, Faraday and especially Maxwell employ the language of mathematics to articulate their imaginings about the “reality” of our universe. Einstein’s Heroes was first published in Australia, where it was short-listed for the 2004 Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year and the 2004 Victorian Premier's Prize; it has also been published in the UK and the US, with the French and Japanese editions appearing later this year. Robyn teaches at the School of Mathematical Sciences at Monash University, where she is currently an Honorary Research Associate.
Robert Kaplan
Robert Kaplan has taught philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit and, most famously, mathematics. Recently based at Harvard University, he has founded and...more
Robert Kaplan
Robert Kaplan has taught philosophy, Greek, German, Sanskrit and, most famously, mathematics. Recently based at Harvard University, he has founded and directed mathematics programs at various secondary and primary schools, including the Sage School for gifted children. In 1994, with his wife Ellen, he founded The Math Circle, a program open to the public for the enjoyment of pure mathematics.
He is author of 'The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero' (1999), and with his wife, 'The Art of the Infinite: The Pleasures of Mathematics' (2003), They are both now writing 'Out of the Labyrinth: Mathematics Set Free' (to appear). Visit The Math Circle at: www.themathcircle.org
Michael Kaplan
Michael Kaplan was educated at Harvard and Oxford, focussing on European History. Going on to success as a writer, director and producer for film and...more
Michael Kaplan
Michael Kaplan was educated at Harvard and Oxford, focussing on European History. Going on to success as a writer, director and producer for film and television, today he works with corporations, broadcasters and governments around the world. Clients range from Scottish distilleries to Swiss insurance companies, and from Spanish ministries to the Singaporean armed forces. He regularly picks up awards, and has recently hit the headlines as author of Chances Are…: Adventures in Probability. Michael lives in Scotland with his wife and son.
Ernst Peter Fischer
Ernst Peter Fischer's scientific background stretches from mathematics and physics to biology and biochemistry, taking in biophysics along the...more
Ernst Peter Fischer
Ernst Peter Fischer's scientific background stretches from mathematics and physics to biology and biochemistry, taking in biophysics along the way. After supervising his doctorate, Max Delbrück encouraged Fischer to focus on the history of science.
Professor of the History of Science at the University of Constance since 1994, Fischer has published acclaimed biographies of Max Delbrück, Niels Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli and, most recently, James D. Watson, as well as works on the pharmaceutical industry (Selling science - The history of Boehringer Mannheim (1990)) and on genetics (Das Genom - an introduction into modern genome research (2002).
He has been honoured with the Heinrich-Bechold-Medaille (1980), Preis der wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Freiburg (1981); Lorenz-Oken-Medaille (2002), Treviranus-Medaille (2003) and Eduard-Rhein-Kulturpreis (2003).Visit his website at: www.epfischer.com
