John Taine (1883–1960)
Autore di I grandi matematici
Sull'Autore
Nota di disambiguazione:
(eng) Eric Temple Bell used his given name for his non-fiction writing; he used the pseudonym John Taine for his works of fiction.
Opere di John Taine
The Time Stream, The Greatest Adventure, The Purple Sapphire: Three Science Fiction Novels (1964) 19 copie
The queen of the sciences 3 copie
História de las matematicas 2 copie
ANTES DEL ALBA 2 copie
Development of Mathematics 1 copia
Debunking science 1 copia
Black Goldfish 1 1 copia
Numerology: The Magic Of Numbers 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Yith Cycle: Lovecraftian Tales of the Great Race and Time Travel (Call of Cthulhu Fiction) (2010) — Collaboratore — 31 copie
Millemondi Inverno 1992 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Vol. 09, No. 6, August 1948 — Collaboratore — 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- Taine, John (pseudonym)
- Data di nascita
- 1883-02-07
- Data di morte
- 1960-12-21
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Peterhead, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Watsonville, California, USA
- Istruzione
- Stanford University (AB with honors ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1904)
University of Washington (MS|Mathematics|1908)
Columbia University (PhD ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1912) - Attività lavorative
- mathematician
science fiction writer
university professor - Relazioni
- Keyser, Cassius Jackson (doctoral advisor)
- Organizzazioni
- University of Washington
California Institute of Technology - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Bôcher Memorial Prize, 1924
National Academy of Sciences, 1927 - Nota di disambiguazione
- Eric Temple Bell used his given name for his non-fiction writing; he used the pseudonym John Taine for his works of fiction.
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 41
- Opere correlate
- 9
- Utenti
- 1,609
- Popolarità
- #16,022
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 23
- ISBN
- 58
- Lingue
- 3
- Preferito da
- 1
Neils Bork a taciturn man of Scandanavian origin is transformed into DR de Soto whose brilliant mind soon elevates him into becoming a leading scientist in his field with the ability to outsmart the money men who hope to profit from his inventions.
The story has several strands, science fiction of course, but there is also horror and social and political themes running through. It reads like a pulp fiction novel, but there are so many ideas bursting through that for once this reader wished that the author had taken more time over the writing. Still it is what it is and a good example of the genre 3.5 stars.… (altro)