ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Morris Kline
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American physicist, mathematics teacher, historian, and agitator for the teaching of the New Mathematics in schools.
Not to be confused with Felix Klein.
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Nationality
American
History
- Born: May 1, 1908
- Died: June 10, 1992
Theorems and Definitions
Books and Papers
- 1937: Introduction to Mathematics (with Irvin W. Kay)
- 1951: The Theory of Electromagnetic Waves (as editor)
- 1953: Mathematics in Western Culture
- 1959: Mathematics and the Physical World
- 1962: Mathematics: A Cultural Approach
- 1965: Electromagnetic Theory and Geometrical Optics (with Irvin W. Kay)
- 1967: Calculus, An intuitive and Physical Approach (second edition: 1967, third edition: 1977)
- 1967: Mathematics for Liberal Arts
- 1968: Mathematics in the Modern World (as editor)
- 1972: Mathematical Thought From Ancient to Modern Times
- 1973: Why Johnny Can't Add: The Failure of the New Mathematics
- 1977: Why the professor can't teach: Mathematics and the dilemma of university education
- 1980: Mathematics: The Loss of Certainty
- 1985: Mathematics for the Nonmathematician (reissue of Mathematics for Liberal Arts)
