Ian Stewart (1) (1945–)
Author of The Science of Discworld
For other authors named Ian Stewart, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Ian Stewart is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Warwick. The author of numerous books on math, he has written for New Scientist, Discover, and Scientific American, among other publications in the United Kingdom and the United States. He lives in Coventry, England.
Image credit: Taken by Stewart's wife, Avril Stewart.
Series
Works by Ian Stewart
The Beauty of Numbers in Nature: Mathematical Patterns and Principles from the Natural World (The MIT Press) (2017) 31 copies
Ashes 2 copies
ORACLE 1 copy
The magical maze : a study guide to the Royal Institution of Great Britain Christmas Lectures 1997 (1997) 1 copy
Curlew's Choice {novelette} 1 copy
Play It Again, Psam 1 copy
Les Chroniques de Rose Polymath (Russiasn Edition) / Tainy katastrofy (per. s frantsuzskogo) / Тайны… (1987) 1 copy
Does Chaos Rule the Cosmos? 1 copy
Associated Works
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (2010) — Contributor — 1,029 copies
What Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods (1941) — Author, some editions — 929 copies
The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century (2002) — Contributor — 386 copies
Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact: Vol. XCVIII, No. 6 (June 1978) (1978) — Contributor — 26 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Stewart, Ian Nicholas
- Birthdate
- 1945-09-24
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
- Education
- University of Cambridge (Churchill College)
- Occupations
- professor
mathematician - Organizations
- University of Warwick
- Awards and honors
- Michael Faraday Prize (1995)
Fellow of the Royal Society (2001)
Christopher Zeeman Medal (2008)
Lewis Thomas Prize for Writing about Science (2015)
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Statistics
- Works
- 85
- Also by
- 15
- Members
- 18,436
- Popularity
- #1,190
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 198
- ISBNs
- 696
- Languages
- 19
- Favorited
- 13