Author

Eli Maor

5 books

Eli Maor (Hebrew: אלי מאור; born 4 October 1937) is a mathematician and historian of mathematics, best known for several books about mathematics and its history written for a popular audience. Eli Maor received his PhD at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He taught history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago. Maor was the editor of the article on trigonometry for the Encyclopædia Britannica. Asteroid 226861 Elimaor, discovered at the Jarnac Observatory in 2004, was named in his honor.

Books by Eli Maor

Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
Music by the Numbers: From Pythagoras to Schoenberg
2018
 The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History
The Pythagorean Theorem: A 4,000-Year History
2007
 Trigonometric Delights
Trigonometric Delights
1998
 e: the Story of a Number
e: the Story of a Number
1993
 To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite
To Infinity and Beyond: A Cultural History of the Infinite
1986

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