Mathematician:Yakov Isidorovich Perelman
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Mathematician
Russian and Soviet science writer and author of many popular science books, including Physics for Entertainment and Mathematics Can Be Fun.
No relation to Grigori Yakovlevich Perelman, although the latter tells how he was inspired by Physics for Entertainment as a child.
Nationality
Russian
History
- Born: December 4, 1882 in Białystok, Congress Poland
- Died: March 16, 1942 in Leningrad, Soviet Union
Publications
- Mathematics can be Fun
- Astronomia Recreativa
- Physics for Entertainment
- Figures for Fun
- Algebra can be Fun
- Fun with Maths and Physics
- Arithmetic for Entertainment
- Mechanics for Entertainment
- Geometry for Entertainment
- Astronomy for Entertainment
- Lively Mathematics
- Physics Everywhere
- Tricks and Amusements
Also known as
In Russian: Яков Исидорович Перельман
Sources
- 1972: Boris A. Kordemsky: The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations ... (previous) ... (next): Introduction (Martin Gardner)