Amir D. Aczel

Amir Aczel, Author of Scientific Cliffhanger NYTiimes 12/7/2015

Amir Dan Aczel (November 6, 1950 – November 26, 2015) Mathematician and bestselling author. His book, Fermat's Last Theorem (ISBN 978-1-56858-077-7), was a United States bestseller and was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Aczel appeared on CNN, CNBC, The History Channel, and Nightline.

Aczel was a 2004 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Visiting Scholar in the History of Science at Harvard University (2007). In 2003 he became a research fellow at the Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science, and in Fall 2011 was teaching mathematics courses at University of Massachusetts Boston. . . . Continued

Works

• • Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem, 1997. ISBN 978-1-56858-077-7
• • God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe, 1999. ISBN 1-56858-139-4
• • The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity, 2000. ISBN 1-56858-105-X
• • Probability 1: The Book That Proves There Is Life In Outer Space, Harvest Books, January 2000. ISBN 0-15-601080-1.
• • The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World, 2001. ISBN 0-15-100506-0
• • Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics, 2002. ISBN 978-1-56858-232-0 and ISBN 978-0-452-28457-9
• • Pendulum: Léon Foucault and the Triumph of Science, 2003. ISBN 0-7434-6478-8
• • Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, and the Stock Market, 2004. ISBN 1-56858-316-8
• • Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe, 2005. ISBN 0-7679-2033-3
• • The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed, 2007. High Stakes Publishing, London. ISBN 1-84344-034-2.
• • The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man, 2007. ISBN 978-1-594-48956-3
• • Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age, 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-61374-4
• • The Cave and the Cathedral: How a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient Art of Man, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-37353-8
• • Present at the Creation: The Story of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider, 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-59167-8
• • A Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4027-8584-9
• • Why Science Does Not Disprove God, 2014. ISBN 978-0-062-23061-4
• • Finding Zero, 2015. ISBN 978-1-137-27984-2
• • How to Beat the I.R.S. at Its Own Game: Strategies to Avoid and Fight an Audit, 1996. ISBN 978-1-56858-048-7

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• Amir Aczel, Author of Scientific Cliffhanger NYTiimes 12/7/2015

Amir Dan Aczel (November 6, 1950 – November 26, 2015) Mathematician and bestselling author. His book, Fermat's Last Theorem (ISBN 978-1-56858-077-7), was a United States bestseller and was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Aczel appeared on CNN, CNBC, The History Channel, and Nightline.

Aczel was a 2004 Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and Visiting Scholar in the History of Science at Harvard University (2007). In 2003 he became a research fellow at the Boston University Center for Philosophy and History of Science, and in Fall 2011 was teaching mathematics courses at University of Massachusetts Boston. . . . continued

Works

• • Fermat's Last Theorem: Unlocking the Secret of an Ancient Mathematical Problem, 1997. ISBN 978-1-56858-077-7
• • God's Equation: Einstein, Relativity, and the Expanding Universe, 1999. ISBN 1-56858-139-4
• • The Mystery of the Aleph: Mathematics, the Kabbalah, and the Search for Infinity, 2000. ISBN 1-56858-105-X
• • Probability 1: The Book That Proves There Is Life In Outer Space, Harvest Books, January 2000. ISBN 0-15-601080-1.
• • The Riddle of the Compass: The Invention that Changed the World, 2001. ISBN 0-15-100506-0
• • Entanglement: The Greatest Mystery in Physics, 2002. ISBN 978-1-56858-232-0 and ISBN 978-0-452-28457-9
• • Pendulum: Léon Foucault and the Triumph of Science, 2003. ISBN 0-7434-6478-8
• • Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, and the Stock Market, 2004. ISBN 1-56858-316-8
• • Descartes' Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and the Quest to Understand the Universe, 2005. ISBN 0-7679-2033-3
• • The Artist and the Mathematician: The Story of Nicolas Bourbaki, the Genius Mathematician Who Never Existed, 2007. High Stakes Publishing, London. ISBN 1-84344-034-2.
• • The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man, 2007. ISBN 978-1-594-48956-3
• • Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age, 2009. ISBN 978-0-230-61374-4
• • The Cave and the Cathedral: How a Real-Life Indiana Jones and a Renegade Scholar Decoded the Ancient Art of Man, 2009. ISBN 978-0-470-37353-8
• • Present at the Creation: The Story of CERN and the Large Hadron Collider, 2010. ISBN 978-0-307-59167-8
• • A Strange Wilderness: The Lives of the Great Mathematicians, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4027-8584-9
• • Why Science Does Not Disprove God, 2014. ISBN 978-0-062-23061-4
• • Finding Zero, 2015. ISBN 978-1-137-27984-2
• • How to Beat the I.R.S. at Its Own Game: Strategies to Avoid and Fight an Audit, 1996. ISBN 978-1-56858-048-7