Mathematician:Piet Hein

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Mathematician

Danish polymath (mathematician, inventor, designer, author and poet) best known for his short poems, known as gruks or grooks.


Nationality

Danish


History

  • Born: 16 December 1905 in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Died: 17 April 1996 in Funen, Denmark


Theorems and Definitions

Definitions of concepts named for Piet Hein can be found here.


Publications

  • 1940 -- 1963: Grooks (20 volumes)
  • 1968: Runaway Runes: Short Grooks 1
  • 1968: Grooks 2
  • 1970: Grooks 3
  • 1973: Grooks 4
  • 1973: Grooks 5
  • 1996: Grooks 6
  • 1984: Grooks 7


Notable Quotes

Problems worthy of attack
prove their worth by hitting back
-- quoted as an epigraph to 2006: Martin Gardner: The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems


Sources