ProofWiki:Mathematicians/Writers/S
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This page collects:
- Mentions of minor mathematicians whose biographical details are unavailable, but who have contributed towards the literature in some way.
- Writers who are not actually mathematicians as such, but who have written books on mathematical topics.
Also see:
S
Karl Sabbagh
Author of:
- 1984: The living body (with Christiaan Barnard)
- 1989: Skyscraper
- 1993: Magic or medicine (with Rob Buckman)
- 1996: 21st-century jet
- 1999: A rum affair
- 2000: Power into art
- 2002: Dr. Riemann's Zeros
- 2006: Palestine: A Personal History
- 2007: Your Case is Hopeless: Bracing Advice From the 'Boy's Own Paper'
- 2009: Remembering our childhood: how memory betrays us
Merrilee H. Salmon
b. 1935
Author of:
Author of:
- 1981: A Course in Universal Algebra (with Stanley Burris)
Peter Schuster
Translator (into English) of:
- 1986: Mathematics for Engineers and Scientists by K. Weltner and W.J. Weber) (with J. Grosjean)
Robyn Silbey
Author of:
- 1998: Larson's Middle School Math, Grades 6, 7, and 8 (with Roland E. Larson)
Joseph H. Silverman
Editor of:
- 1997: Modular Forms and Fermat's Last Theorem (with Gary Cornell and Glenn Stevens)
Richard A. Silverman
Translator (into English) of:
- 1968: Problems in Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics and Theory of Random Functions by A.A. Sveshnikov
- 1970: Introductory Real Analysis by A.N. Kolmogorov and S.V. Fomin
- 1972: An Introduction to Linear Algebra & Tensors by M.A. Akivis and V.V. Goldberg
James G. Simmonds
Author of:
- 1986: A First Look at Perturbation Theory (with James E. Mann, Jr.)
George F. Simmons
Author of:
- 1972: Differential Equations
- 1992: Calculus Gems
Simon Lehna Singh
Author of:
- 1997: Fermat's Last Theorem (published 1998 as Fermat's Enigma in the US)
- 2000: The Code Book
- 2005: Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe
- 2008: Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial (with Edzard Ernst)
Derek Alan Smith
Author of:
- 2003: On Quaternions And Octonions (with John H. Conway)
William K. Smith
Author of:
- 1964: Limits and Continuity
Murray R. Spiegel
Author of:
- 1961: Theory and Problems of Statistics
- 1964: Theory and Problems of Complex Variables
- 1968: Mathematical Handbook of Formulas and Tables
Jeremy Stangroom
Author of:
- 2002: New British Philosophy: The interviews (as editor with Julian Baggini)
- 2003: What Philosophers Think (as editor with Julian Baggini)
- 2004: Great Thinkers A-Z (as editor with Julian Baggini)
- 2004: The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy People (with Ophelia Benson)
- 2005: What Scientists Think
- 2005: Great Philosophers (with J. Garvey)
- 2006: Why Truth Matters (with Ophelia Benson)
- 2006: The Little Book of Big Ideas: Philosophy
- 2006: Do You Think What You Think You Think? (with Julian Baggini)
- 2008: Identity Crisis: Against Multiculturalism
- 2009: Einstein's Riddle
Geoffrey Stephenson
Author of:
- 1965: An Introduction to Matrices, Sets and Groups for Science Students
- 1968: An Introduction to Partial Differential Equations for Science Students
Glenn Stevens
Editor of:
- 1997: Modular Forms and Fermat's Last Theorem (with Gary Cornell and Joseph H. Silverman)
Victor L. Streeter
Author of:
- 1951: Fluid Mechanics
William A. Sutherland
Author of:
Aram Arutinovich Sveshnikov
Author of:
- 1965: Problems in Probability Theory, Mathematical Statistics and Theory of Random Functions (translated by Richard A. Silverman)
