Reuben Hersh

Reuben Hersh (December 9, 1927 – January 3, 2020) was an American mathematician and academic. He was best known for his writings on the nature, practice, and social impact of mathematics. He was born in New York City. Hersh wrote a number of technical articles on partial differential equations, probability, random evolutions (example), and linear operator equations. 

He was the co-author of four articles in Scientific American, and 12 articles in the Mathematical Intelligencer. Hersh was best known as the co-author with Philip J. Davis of The Mathematical Experience (1981), which won a National Book Award in Science."National Book Awards – 1983". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-07.

Hersh died on January 3, 2020 in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the age of 92.Reuben Hersh passed away

References


Other websites
Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy: Essays celebrating the 90th Birthday of Reuben Hersh 
The Ideal Mathematician, with Phillip Davis (Note: Google.com, somewhat unfortunately, decides to redirect this link weirdly, as of May 2018).
Web page at the Univ. of New Mexico.
Published Articles at googlesites.

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