William Wade Dunham (born 1947) is an American
writer
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who was originally trained in
topology
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but became interested in the
history of mathematics
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and specializes in
Leonhard Euler
Leonhard Euler ( ; ; ; 15 April 170718 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, and engineer. He founded the studies of graph theory and topology and made influential ...
. He has received several awards for writing and teaching on this subject.
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Education
Dunham received his
BS from the
University of Pittsburgh
The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of seventeen undergraduate and graduate schools and colle ...
in 1969, his
MS from
Ohio State
The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States. A member of the University System of Ohio, it was founded in 1870. It is one of the largest universities by enrollme ...
in 1970, and his PhD from the same institution in 1974.
Writings
Dunham won the American Association of Publishers' award for writing the Best Mathematics Book of 1994 for his book ''The Mathematical Universe''.
[ In his book ''Euler: The Master of Us All'', he examines Leonhard Euler's impressive mathematical work. He received a Lester R. Ford Award in 2006 for his expository article ''Touring the Calculus'', and the Chauvenet Prize in 2022 for his article ''The Early (and Peculiar) History of the Möbius Function''.]analytic number theory
In mathematics, analytic number theory is a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis to solve problems about the integers. It is often said to have begun with Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet's 1837 introduction of Dir ...
, as well as discussed Euler's evaluation of a non-trivial integral at the celebration of "Year of Euler" by the Euler Society. He published a chapter "Euler and the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra" in the book ''The Genius of Euler'' published in 2007 to commemorate the 300th birthday of Euler.
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Footnotes
External links
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William Dunham at Muhlenberg CollegeA Tribute to Euler, William Dunham, YouTubeYour humble Servant, Is. Newton by William Dunham - YouTubeYour humble Servant, Is. Newton, Mathematical Association of America
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1947 births
Living people
American science writers
University of Pittsburgh alumni
Ohio State University alumni
American historians of mathematics
Muhlenberg College faculty