Question: In which year was the author of the best-selling, controversial book that contains an empirical and systematic study of computational systems such as cellular automata named an inaugural fellow of the American Mathematical Society?
Sentence (from "Benjamin Finkel"): The purpose of the book was to provide mathematics teachers a text utilizing a systematic method of problem solving, "The Step Method," representing a chain of reasoning, in logical order, to arrive at the correct result.
Relevant evidence: No