Joseph Mazur

Joseph Mazur (born in the Bronx in 1942) is a professor of Mathematics at Marlboro College, in Marlboro, Vermont.

He holds a B.S. from Pratt Institute, where he first studied architecture. He spent his junior year in Paris, studying mathematics in classes with Claude Chevalier and Roger Godement and returned to Pratt to earn a B.S. in mathematics. From there he went directly to M.I.T to receive his Ph.D. in mathematics (algebraic geometry) in 1972. He has held a Visiting Scholar position at M.I.T and several Visiting Professor positions at The Mathematics Institute of the University of Warwick.

In 2006 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to work on a memoir and mathematical narrative. Since 1972 he has taught all areas of mathematics, its history and philosophy. He has authored many educational software programs, including Explorations in Calculus, the first interactive, multimedia CD package of simulations for calculus. He also writes popular mathematics books.

Bibliography

*"Euclid In the Rainforest: Discovering Universal Truth in Logic and Math", Plume, 2005 – Finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction. ISBN 0-452-28783-9
*"The Motion Paradox: The 2,500-Year-Old Puzzle Behind All The Mysteries of Time and Space", Dutton, 2007. ISBN 978-0-525-94992-3
*"Number: The Language of Science" (editor) Plume, 2005. ISBN 978-0-452-28811-9

External links

* [http://www.josephmazur.com Homepage of Joseph Mazur]
* [http://www.marlboro.edu/academics/faculty/mazur_joseph/ Joseph Mazur at Marlboro College]
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