埃里克·坦普尔·贝尔

**埃里克・坦普爾・貝爾**（英語：Eric Temple Bell，1883 年 2 月 7 日 —1960 年 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. LCCN 33-6808
  * Reprint: Westport, CT: Hyperion Press, 1979, ISBN 0-88355-774-6, 187p. – "Reprint of the ed. published by Century Co., New York" LCCN 78-13855
* _The Search for Truth_, Baltimore, Reynal and Hitchcock, 1934, 279p.
  * Reprint: Williams and Wilkins Co, 1935
* _The Handmaiden of the Sciences_（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）, 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. ISBN 0671628186 LCCN 86-10229
* _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, ISBN 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, ISBN 0-88385-451-1, 326p.

### 學術論文

* "Arithmetical paraphrases". In: _Transactions of the American Mathematical Society_ **22**, 1921, pp. 1–30 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） and 198–219 （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
* "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 4_t_ + 2 squares". In: _Crelles Journal_ **163**, 1930, pp. 65–70
* "Exponential numbers". In: _The American Mathematical Monthly_ **41**, 1934, pp. 411–419

### 小說

* _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. ISBN 0-88385-508-9. OCLC 29190602.
* Rothman, T. (1982). "Genius and biographers: the fictionalization of Evariste Galois". _American Mathematics Monthly_ 89, no. 2, 84–106.

**延伸閱讀**

* Tuck, Donald H. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. 1974: 36. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.

## 外部連結

* Biographical sketch by Constance Reid（頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
* 約翰・J・奧康納； 埃德蒙・F・羅伯遜, Bell, MacTutor 數學史檔案 （英語）
* 埃里克・坦普爾・貝爾在數學譜系計畫的資料。
* John Taine - Faded Page (Canada)Faded PageJohn Taine - Faded Page (Canada)
* MAA presidents: Eric Temple （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館）
* 網路推理小說資料庫上的 John Taine
* John Taine 在國會圖書館管理局的紀錄，有 26 條目錄紀錄 (distinct from Bell)
* Eric Temple Bell 在國會圖書館管理局的紀錄，有 26 條目錄紀錄 (distinct from Taine)
* Author profile （頁面存檔備份，存於網際網路檔案館） in the database zbMATH