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374: 495: 75: 429:"  â€”YouTube video of Szpiro discussing the difficulties a journalist faces when writing about mathematics for a general audience (the discussion was part of a 460: 337: 260: 123: 284: 475: 235: 480: 485: 470: 104: 48: 264: 78:, during 1984–1986. He was a lecturer in mathematical economics at Hebrew University, during 1986–1992. He also taught at the 68: 394: 180: 490: 137:
Kepler's Conjecture: How Some of the Greatest Minds in History Helped Solve One of the Oldest Math Problems in the World
108: 356: 455: 170: 368: 292: 434: 87: 465: 400: 64: 56: 60: 450: 211: 140: 79: 52: 24: 309: 23:) is an Israeli–Swiss author, journalist, and mathematician. He has written articles and books on 243: 150: 40: 187:
Pricing the Future: Finance, Physics, and the 300-year Journey to the Black-Scholes Equation
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Poincaré's Prize: The Hundred-Year Quest to Solve One of Math's Greatest Puzzles
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The Secret Life of Numbers: 50 Easy Pieces on How Mathematicians Work and Think
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Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present
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Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (European Commission)
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Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung verleiht Medienpreise
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A Mathematical Medley: Fifty Easy Pieces on Mathematics
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The Truth, the Whole Truth, And Nothing but the Truth
85:Since 1986, Szpiro has worked as a journalist at 76:Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania 35:Szpiro was born in Vienna in 1950, and moved to 8: 338:Notices of the American Mathematical Society 124:Notices of the American Mathematical Society 496:Stanford Graduate School of Business alumni 74:Szpiro was an assistant professor at the 203: 323: 321: 39:, Switzerland, in 1961. He obtained a 461:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni 279: 277: 275: 273: 255: 253: 230: 228: 226: 224: 222: 55:, in 1975. Afterward, he worked as a 7: 359:", Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences 304: 302: 312:"—list of Szpiro's publications at 63:. In 1984, he obtained a Ph.D. in 14: 212:Who's Who in Finance and Industry 105:Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences 43:in mathematics and physics from 413: â€”website of George Szpiro 310:George G. Szpiro - Publications 330:"Interview with Stephen Smale" 111:, in 2006. Beside writing for 1: 395:Mathematics Genealogy Project 370:Descartes Communication Prize 265:Technische Universität Berlin 181:American Mathematical Society 476:Austrian non-fiction writers 481:Israeli non-fiction writers 109:German Mathematical Society 512: 437:: dated 9 April 2015) 171:Princeton University Press 19:(born 18 February 1950 in 486:Swiss non-fiction writers 287:Medienpreise der DMV 2006 95:, he has been the Israel 471:Mathematics popularizers 435:University of Edinburgh 47:. He also obtained an 357:Preisträger Prix MĂ©dia 238:George G. Szpiro - NZZ 65:mathematical economics 61:McKinsey & Company 141:John Wiley & Sons 57:management consultant 88:Neue ZĂĽrcher Zeitung 80:University of Zurich 27:and related topics. 491:Science journalists 328:Szpiro, G. (2007), 53:Stanford University 25:popular mathematics 263:", Press Release, 151:Joseph Henry Press 17:George Geza Szpiro 456:ETH Zurich alumni 69:Hebrew University 503: 412: 407:, archived from 378: 366: 360: 353: 347: 346: 334: 325: 316: 306: 297: 296: 291:, archived from 281: 268: 257: 248: 247: 242:, archived from 232: 217: 208: 99:and mathematics 511: 510: 506: 505: 504: 502: 501: 500: 441: 440: 399: 387: 382: 381: 367: 363: 354: 350: 332: 327: 326: 319: 307: 300: 283: 282: 271: 258: 251: 234: 233: 220: 209: 205: 200: 133: 41:master's degree 33: 31:Life and career 12: 11: 5: 509: 507: 499: 498: 493: 488: 483: 478: 473: 468: 463: 458: 453: 443: 442: 439: 438: 423: 414: 397: 386: 385:External links 383: 380: 379: 361: 348: 317: 298: 269: 249: 218: 202: 201: 199: 196: 195: 194: 184: 174: 164: 154: 144: 132: 129: 32: 29: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 508: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 467: 466:Living people 464: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 448: 446: 436: 432: 428: 424: 422: 418: 417:George Szpiro 415: 411:on 2016-01-13 410: 406: 405: 403:George Szpiro 402: 398: 396: 392: 391:George Szpiro 389: 388: 384: 376: 372: 371: 365: 362: 358: 352: 349: 344: 340: 339: 331: 324: 322: 318: 315: 311: 305: 303: 299: 295:on 2009-01-23 294: 290: 289: 286: 280: 278: 276: 274: 270: 266: 262: 256: 254: 250: 246:on 2015-04-12 245: 241: 240: 237: 231: 229: 227: 225: 223: 219: 215: 213: 207: 204: 197: 192: 188: 185: 182: 178: 175: 172: 168: 165: 162: 158: 155: 152: 148: 145: 142: 138: 135: 134: 130: 128: 126: 125: 120: 119: 114: 110: 106: 102: 98: 97:correspondent 94: 90: 89: 83: 81: 77: 72: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 30: 28: 26: 22: 18: 409:the original 404: 401: 369: 364: 351: 342: 336: 314:ResearchGate 293:the original 288: 285: 267:(2006-11-06) 244:the original 239: 236: 210: 206: 186: 176: 166: 156: 146: 136: 122: 116: 112: 92: 86: 84: 73: 34: 16: 15: 451:1950 births 191:Basic Books 445:Categories 45:ETH Zurich 345:: 995–997 214:1998–1999 101:columnist 421:LinkedIn 216:, p. 781 433:at the 431:seminar 393:at the 193:, 2011) 183:, 2010) 173:, 2010) 163:, 2007) 153:, 2006) 143:, 2003) 377:(2005) 161:Dutton 118:Nature 21:Vienna 333:(PDF) 198:Notes 131:Books 91:. At 67:from 51:from 121:and 419:on 113:NZZ 93:NZZ 59:at 49:MBA 37:Zug 447:: 373:, 343:54 341:, 335:, 320:^ 301:^ 272:^ 252:^ 221:^ 127:. 71:. 425:" 355:" 308:" 259:" 189:( 179:( 169:( 159:( 149:( 139:(

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Vienna
popular mathematics
Zug
master's degree
ETH Zurich
MBA
Stanford University
management consultant
McKinsey & Company
mathematical economics
Hebrew University
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Zurich
Neue ZĂĽrcher Zeitung
correspondent
columnist
Swiss Academy of Natural Sciences
German Mathematical Society
Nature
Notices of the American Mathematical Society
John Wiley & Sons
Joseph Henry Press
Dutton
Princeton University Press
American Mathematical Society
Basic Books
Who's Who in Finance and Industry


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