John Taine (1883–1960)
Autor(a) de Men of Mathematics
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
(eng) Eric Temple Bell used his given name for his non-fiction writing; he used the pseudonym John Taine for his works of fiction.
Obras por John Taine
The Time Stream, The Greatest Adventure, The Purple Sapphire: Three Science Fiction Novels (1964) 19 exemplares
The Ultimate Catalyst [short fiction] 3 exemplares
The queen of the sciences 3 exemplares
História de las matematicas 2 exemplares
ANTES DEL ALBA 2 exemplares
Development of Mathematics 1 exemplar
Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science 1 exemplar
Debunking science 1 exemplar
Black Goldfish 1 1 exemplar
Numerology: The Magic Of Numbers 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Yith Cycle: Lovecraftian Tales of the Great Race and Time Travel (Call of Cthulhu Fiction) (2010) — Contribuidor — 31 exemplares
Millemondi Inverno 1992 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Vol. 09, No. 6, August 1948 — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar
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Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Taine, John (pseudonym)
- Data de nascimento
- 1883-02-07
- Data de falecimento
- 1960-12-21
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Peterhead, Scotland, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Watsonville, California, USA
- Educação
- Stanford University (AB with honors ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1904)
University of Washington (MS|Mathematics|1908)
Columbia University (PhD ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1912) - Ocupações
- mathematician
science fiction writer
university professor - Relações
- Keyser, Cassius Jackson (doctoral advisor)
- Organizações
- University of Washington
California Institute of Technology - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Bôcher Memorial Prize, 1924
National Academy of Sciences, 1927 - Nota de desambiguação
- Eric Temple Bell used his given name for his non-fiction writing; he used the pseudonym John Taine for his works of fiction.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 41
- Also by
- 9
- Membros
- 1,608
- Popularidade
- #16,036
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 23
- ISBN
- 58
- Línguas
- 3
- Marcado como favorito
- 1
Neils Bork a taciturn man of Scandanavian origin is transformed into DR de Soto whose brilliant mind soon elevates him into becoming a leading scientist in his field with the ability to outsmart the money men who hope to profit from his inventions.
The story has several strands, science fiction of course, but there is also horror and social and political themes running through. It reads like a pulp fiction novel, but there are so many ideas bursting through that for once this reader wished that the author had taken more time over the writing. Still it is what it is and a good example of the genre 3.5 stars.… (mais)