E.T. Bell was the former President of the Mathematical Association
of America and a former Vice President of the American Mathematical
Society of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He won the Bôcher Prize of the American Mathematical Society for
his research work. His twelve published books include The Purple
Sapphire (1924), Algebraic Arithmetic (1927), Debunking Science,
and Queen of the Sciences (1931), Numerology (1933), and The Search
for Truth (1934).
Dr. Bell died in December 1960, just before the publication of his
latest book, The Last Problem.
Bertrand Russell Professor Bell has done his work well....Any [one]
engaged in learning mathematics will profit by reading him, since
he humanizes the subject and helps to a realization of the
historical environment.
The New York Times Extremely harmonious...a first text in the
philosophy of mathematics....Bell's style is very enjoyable.
Nature Professor E.T. Bell has written a fascinating book. The
amount of biographical details and of mathematics that he has
compressed into a volume of 600 pages is extraordinary...he carries
the reader along; he whets the appetite.
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