John Taine (1883–1960)
Auteur de Men of Mathematics
A propos de l'auteur
Notice de désambiguation :
(eng) Eric Temple Bell used his given name for his non-fiction writing; he used the pseudonym John Taine for his works of fiction.
Œuvres de John Taine
The Time Stream, The Greatest Adventure, The Purple Sapphire: Three Science Fiction Novels (1964) 19 exemplaires
The Ultimate Catalyst [short fiction] 3 exemplaires
The queen of the sciences 3 exemplaires
História de las matematicas 2 exemplaires
ANTES DEL ALBA 2 exemplaires
Development of Mathematics 1 exemplaire
Mathematics: Queen and Servant of Science 1 exemplaire
Debunking science 1 exemplaire
The Handmaiden of the Sciences: The Narrative of How Mathematics Has Served the Sciences, and through the Science,… 1 exemplaire
LE FLOT DU TEMPS - COLLECTION "SERIE FANTASTIQUE/SCIENCE FICTION/AVENTURES" N°95 (1983) 1 exemplaire
Fantasy Book #4 '48 featuring Black Goldfish part 1 1 exemplaire
Black Goldfish 1 1 exemplaire
Numerology: The Magic Of Numbers 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
The Yith Cycle: Lovecraftian Tales of the Great Race and Time Travel (Call of Cthulhu Fiction) (2010) — Contributeur — 31 exemplaires
Millemondi Inverno 1992 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Famous Fantastic Mysteries, Vol. 09, No. 6, August 1948 — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
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- Autres noms
- Taine, John (pseudonym)
- Date de naissance
- 1883-02-07
- Date de décès
- 1960-12-21
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Peterhead, Scotland, UK
- Lieu du décès
- Watsonville, California, USA
- Études
- Stanford University (AB with honors ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1904)
University of Washington (MS|Mathematics|1908)
Columbia University (PhD ∙ Mathematics ∙ 1912) - Professions
- mathematician
science fiction writer
university professor - Relations
- Keyser, Cassius Jackson (doctoral advisor)
- Organisations
- University of Washington
California Institute of Technology - Prix et distinctions
- Bôcher Memorial Prize, 1924
National Academy of Sciences, 1927 - Notice de désambigüisation
- 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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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 41
- Aussi par
- 9
- Membres
- 1,609
- Popularité
- #16,022
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 22
- ISBN
- 58
- Langues
- 3
- Favoris
- 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.… (plus d'informations)