埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔

**埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔**（，），苏格兰出生的英国数学家和科幻小说家，他一生的大部分时间都居住在美国。贝尔发表非虚构作品时使用本名，发表小说时使用笔名**约翰·泰恩**（John Taine）。

## 著作
### 非小说
* *An Arithmetical Theory of Certain Numerical Functions*, Seattle Washington, The University, 1915, 50p.  from Internet Archive.
* , 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.
* , Stechert, 1931, 138p.
* *Numerology*, Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co., 1933, 187p. 
** Reprint: Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1979, , 187p. – "Reprint of the ed. published by Century Co., New York" 
* *The Search for Truth*, Baltimore, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1934, 279p.
** Reprint: Williams and Wilkins Co, 1935
* ''The Handmaiden of the Sciences'', 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
* 《数学大师》 *Men of Mathematics*, New York, Simon & Schuster, 1937, 592p.
** Reprint: Touchstone (Simon & Schuster paperback), 1986.  
* *The Development of Mathematics*, New York, McGraw&ndash;Hill, 1940, 637p.
** Second Edition: New York, McGraw&ndash;Hill, 1945, 637p.
** Reprint: Dover Publications, 1992
* *The Magic of Numbers*, Whittlesey House, 1946, 418p.
** Reprint: New York, Dover Publications, 1991, , 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, , 326p.

### 学术论文
* "Arithmetical paraphrases". In: *Transactions of the American Mathematical Society* **22**, 1921, pp.&nbsp;1–30  and 198–219 
* "Arithmetical equivalents for a remarkable identity between theta functions". In: *Mathematische Zeitschrift* **13**, 1922, pp.&nbsp;146–152
* "Existence theorems on the numbers of representations of odd integers as sums of 4''t'' + 2 squares". In: *Crelles Journal* **163**, 1930, pp.&nbsp;65–70
* "Exponential numbers". In: *The American Mathematical Monthly* **41**, 1934, pp.&nbsp;411–419

### 小说

* *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)

### 诗歌
* *The Singer* (1916)

## 语录
* "Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics."

## 参考资料

; 来源
* Reid, Constance (1993). *The Search for E. T. Bell, Also Known as John Taine*. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America. x + 372 pp. . .
* Rothman, T. (1982). "Genius and biographers: the fictionalization of Evariste Galois". *American Mathematics Monthly* 89, no. 2, 84–106.

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## 外部链接
* Biographical sketch by Constance Reid
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* Faded Page
* MAA presidents: Eric Temple 
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* Author profile  in the database zbMATH