John Stillwell

John Stillwell (born 1942) is an Australian mathematician on the faculties of the University of San Francisco and Monash University. [ [http://www.usfca.edu/artsci/ug/mathematics/fac_staff/stillwell_john.html Profile at University of San Francisco] ] He is the author of many textbooks and other books on mathematics including:
*"Mathematics and Its History", ISBN 0387953361
*"The Four Pillars of Geometry", ISBN 0387255303
*"Geometry of Surfaces", ISBN 0387977430
*"Numbers and Geometry", ISBN 0387982892
*"Elements of Algebra: Geometry, Numbers, Equations", ISBN 0387942904
*"Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory", ISBN 0387979700
*"Elements of Number Theory", ISBN 0387955879
*"Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics", ISBN 156881254XHe was born in Melbourne, Australia and lived there until he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctorate. [ [http://www.usfca.edu/artsci/ug/mathematics/fac_staff/stillwell_john.html Profile at University of San Francisco] ] He received his PhD from MIT in 1970, working under Hartley Rogers, Jr. [ [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=44223 Mathematics Genealogy Project] ] In 2005, he was the recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's prestigious Chauvenet Prize for his article “The Story of the 120-Cell,” Notices of the AMS, January 2001, pp. 17-24. [ [http://www.maa.org/Awards/chauvent.html MAA awards page] ]

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