Mathematician:François Le Lionnais

Mathematician

French chemical engineer and writer, occasionally on mathematics.

Nationality

French

History

• Born: 3 October 1901 in Paris, France
• Died: 13 March 1984 in Boulogne-Billancourt

Publications

• 1948: Les Grands Courants de la Pensée Mathématique
• 1950: Les Mathématiques et l'Imagination (translation with Francine Béris of Mathematics and the Imagination by Edward Kasner and James Newman)
• 1979: Dictionnaire des Mathématiques (with A. Bouvier and M. George)
• 1983: Les Nombres Remarquables (with Jean Brette)