Jeremy Gray
Encyclopedia
Jeremy Gray is an English
mathematician
primarily interested in the history of mathematics.
He studied mathematics at Oxford University from 1966 to 1969, and then at Warwick University, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1980 under the supervision of Ian Stewart
and David Fowler. He has worked at the Open University
since 1974, and became a lecturer there in 1978. He also lectures at the University of Warwick
since 2000, teaching a course on the history of mathematics.
Gray was a consultant on the television
series, The Story of Maths
, a co-production between the Open University
and the BBC
.
from the American Mathematical Society
.
He has written many books, including:
He has also contributed to other books:
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
mathematician
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
primarily interested in the history of mathematics.
He studied mathematics at Oxford University from 1966 to 1969, and then at Warwick University, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1980 under the supervision of Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart (mathematician)
Ian Nicholas Stewart FRS is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England, and a widely known popular-science and science-fiction writer. He is the first recipient of the , awarded jointly by the LMS and the IMA for his work on promoting mathematics.-Biography:Stewart was born...
and David Fowler. He has worked at the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
since 1974, and became a lecturer there in 1978. He also lectures at the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
since 2000, teaching a course on the history of mathematics.
Gray was a consultant on the television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
series, The Story of Maths
The Story of Maths
The Story of Maths is a British television series outlining aspects of the history of mathematics. The series was a co-production between the Open University and the BBC and aired in October 2008 on BBC Four. The material was written and presented by Oxford professor Marcus du Sautoy...
, a co-production between the Open University
Open University
The Open University is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom...
and the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
.
Books
Gray has been awarded prizes for his contributions to mathematics, including the Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial PrizeAlbert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize
The Albert Leon Whiteman Memorial Prize is awarded by the American Mathematical Society for notable exposition and exceptional scholarship in the history of mathematics....
from the American Mathematical Society
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society is an association of professional mathematicians dedicated to the interests of mathematical research and scholarship, which it does with various publications and conferences as well as annual monetary awards and prizes to mathematicians.The society is one of the...
.
He has written many books, including:
- Ideas of space: Euclidean, non-Euclidean, and relativistic
- Linear differential equations and group theory from Riemann to Poincaré
- The Hilbert Challenge
- Janos Bolyai, non-Euclidean Geometry and the Nature of Space
- Worlds out of Nothing; a course on the history of geometry in the 19th century
- Plato’s Ghost: The Modernist Transformation of Mathematics
He has also contributed to other books:
- The Princeton Companion to MathematicsThe Princeton Companion to MathematicsThe Princeton Companion to Mathematics is a book, edited by Timothy Gowers with associate editors June Barrow-Green and Imre Leader, and published in 2008 by Princeton University Press . It provides an extensive overview of mathematics, and is noted for the high caliber of the contributors...
- The Oxford Handbook of the History of Mathematics
- Revolutions in MathematicsRevolutions in MathematicsRevolutions in Mathematics is an influential collection of essays in the history and philosophy of mathematics.-Contents:*Michael J. Crowe, Ten "laws" concerning patterns of change in the history of mathematics ;*Herbert Mehrtens, T. S...