埃裡克·坦普爾·貝爾

埃裡克·坦普爾·貝爾（Eric Temple Bell，12月21日），蘇格蘭出生的英國數學家和科幻小說家，他一生的大部分時間都居住在美國。貝爾發表非虛構作品時使用本名，發表小說時使用筆名約翰·泰恩（John Taine）。

**著作**

**非小說**
 An Arithmetical Theory of Certain Numerical Functions, Seattle Washington, The University, 1915, 50p. PDF/DjVu copy from Internet Archive.-  The Cyclotomic Quinary Quintic, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, The New Era Printing Company, 1912, 97p.- Algebraic Arithmetic, New York, American Mathematical Society, 1927, 180p.- Debunking Science, Seattle, University of Washington book store, 1930, 40p.- The Queen of the Sciences, Stechert, 1931, 138p.- Numerology, Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1933, 187p. 33006808
** Reprint: Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1979, 0-88355-774-6, 187p. – "Reprint of the ed. published by Century Co., New York" 78013855- The Search for Truth, Baltimore, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1934, 279p.
** Reprint: Williams and Wilkins Co, 1935-  The Handmaiden of the Sciencesdate=20140427000102 , Williams & Wilkins, 1937, 216p.- Man and His Lifebelts, New York, Reynal & Hitchcock, 1938, 340p.
** Reprint: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1935, 2nd printing 1946
** Reprint: Kessinger Publishing, 2005- 《數學大師》 Men of Mathematics, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1937, 592p.
** Reprint: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster paperback), 1986. 0671628186 86010229- The Development of Mathematics, New York, McGraw–Hill, 1940, 637p.
** Second Edition: New York, McGraw–Hill, 1945, 637p.
** Reprint: Dover Publications, 1992- The Magic of Numbers, Whittlesey House, 1946, 418p.
** Reprint: New York, Dover Publications, 1991, 0-486-26788-1, 418p.
** Reprint: Sacred Science Institute, 2006- Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science, McGraw-Hill, 1951, 437p.- The Last Problem, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1961, 308p.
** Reprint: Mathematical Association of America, 1990, 0-88385-451-1, 326p.

**學術論文**
 "Arithmetical paraphrases". In: Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 22, 1921,  pp. 1–30 date=20180725075134  and  198–219 date=20180723005053 -  "Arithmetical equivalents for a remarkable identity between theta functions". In: Mathematische Zeitschrift 13, 1922, pp. 146–152-  "Existence theorems on the numbers of representations of odd integers as sums of 4t + 2 squares". In: Crelles Journal 163, 1930, pp. 65–70- "Exponential numbers". In: The American Mathematical Monthly 41, 1934, pp. 411–419

**小說**
紫色的藍寶石 於1948年8月重印- The Purple Sapphire (1924)- The Gold Tooth (1927)- Quayle's Invention (1927)- Green Fire (1928)- The Greatest Adventure (1929)- The Iron Star (1930)- The White Lily (1930)- The Time Stream (1931)- Seeds of Life (1931)- Before the Dawn (1934)- Tomorrow (1939)- The Forbidden Garden (1947)- The Cosmic Geoids and One Other (1949)- The Crystal Horde (1952)- G.O.G. 666 (1954)

**詩歌**
 The Singer (1916)

**語錄**
 "Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics."

**參考資料**
 來源- Reid, Constance (1993). The Search for E. T. Bell, Also Known as John Taine. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America. x + 372 pp. 0-88385-508-9. 29190602.- Rothman, T. (1982). "Genius and biographers: the fictionalization of Evariste Galois". American Mathematics Monthly 89, no. 2, 84–106.
 延伸閱讀- pages=36

**外部鏈接**
  Biographical sketch by Constance Reiddate=20150924062350 - id=Bell- id=7868- FadedPage|id=Taine, John Bell, Eric Temple|name=John Taine|author=yesFaded PageFadedPage|id=Taine, John Bell, Eric Temple|name=John Taine|author=yes-  MAA presidents: Eric Temple date=20130126123630 - name=John Taine- 26 (distinct from Bell)- 26 (distinct from Taine)-  Author profile date=20200808125820  in the database zbMATH