Eric Temple Bell was a mathematician from the United States, best known for Men of mathematics.
Quick Facts About Eric Temple Bell
Born
February 7, 1883
Died
December 21, 1960
Nationality
United States
Profession
Mathematician
Notable works
Men of mathematics
Known for
Bell polynomials, Bell number, Bell series
About Eric Temple Bell
Eric Temple Bell was a mathematician, educator and science fiction writer who lived in the United States for most of his life. He published non-fiction using his given name and fiction as John Taine.
![“[As a young teenager] Galois read [Legendre's] geometry from cover to cover as easily as other boys read a pirate yarn.” quote by Eric Temple Bell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/377/eric-temple-bell-26465_books_as-a-young-teenager-galois-read-legendre_645854.png)
![“Poincaré [was] the last man to take practically all mathematics, pure and applied, as his province. ... Few mathematicians have had the breadth of philosophic vision that Poincaré had, and none in his superior in the gift of clear exposition.” quote by Eric Temple Bell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3f5/eric-temple-bell-26465_clear_poincar-was-the-last-man-to-take-practic_880815.png)
![“The full impact of the Lobachevskian method of challenging axioms has probably yet to be felt. It is no exaggeration to call Lobachevsky the Copernicus of Geometry [as did Clifford], for geometry is only a part of the vaster domain which he renovated; it might even be just to designate him as a…” quote by Eric Temple Bell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/a75/eric-temple-bell-26465_challenges_the-full-impact-of-the-lobachevskian-met_272905.png)
