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Amir Dan Aczel (/ɑːˈmɪər ɑːkˈsɛl/;[1] November 6, [2] – November 26, ) was an Israeli-born American lecturer in mathematics and the history of mathematics and science, and an author of popular books on mathematics and science.
Biography
Amir D.
Aczel was born in Haifa, Israel.
Amir aczel biography
Aczel's father was the captain of a passenger ship that sailed primarily in the Mediterranean Sea. When he was ten, Aczel's father taught his son how to steer a ship and navigate. This inspired Aczel's book The Riddle of the Compass.[3] Amir graduated from the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, in
When Aczel was 21, he studied at the University of California, Berkeley.
He graduated with a BA in mathematics in , and received a Master of Science in Several years later Aczel earned a Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Oregon.
Aczel taught mathematics at universities in California, Alaska, Massachusetts, Italy, and Greece.
He married his wife Debra in and had one daughter, Miriam, and one stepdaughter.