Mathematician:Piet Hein
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Mathematician
Danish polymath (mathematician, inventor, designer, author and poet) best known for his short poems, known as gruks or grooks.
Nationality
Danish
History
- Born: 16 December 1905 in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Died: 17 April 1996 in Funen, Denmark
Theorems and Definitions
Definitions of concepts named for Piet Hein can be found here.
Publications
- 1940 -- 1963: Grooks (20 volumes)
- 1968: Runaway Runes: Short Grooks 1
- 1968: Grooks 2
- 1970: Grooks 3
- 1973: Grooks 4
- 1973: Grooks 5
- 1996: Grooks 6
- 1984: Grooks 7
Notable Quotes
- Problems worthy of attack
- prove their worth by hitting back
- -- quoted as an epigraph to 2006: Martin Gardner: The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems
Sources
- 2006: Martin Gardner: The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems ... (next): Epigraph