Mathematician:Allen Varley Astin

Mathematician

American physicist who advocated for introduction of metric weights and measures to the United States.

Nationality

American

History

• Born: 12 June 1904 in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
• Died: 28 January 1984 in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.

Publications

• 1929: New method for measuring the dielectric constants of conducting liquids

• 1964: Preface to Handbook of Mathematical Functions (edited by Milton Abramowitz and Irene A. Stegun)