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M. Klein

M Klein (MK Nel 908.5. 1 1) is an American mathematical historian, mathematical educator and applied mathematician. He was born in Brooklyn, new york, USA. He graduated with honors from new york University, then studied for a degree, and obtained a master's degree in 1932 and a doctorate in l936. 1936 to 1938 studied topology at Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies. 1938 returned to new york University as a professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, and studied applied mathematics under the guidance of the famous mathematician Courand. Since 1946, he has been the director of the electromagnetic theory research office of Courand Institute for 20 years because of his important achievements in applied mathematics research. From 1959, he also served as the head of the Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences of Brooklyn University, new york, until l970. 1976, he was appointed honorary professor by Brooklyn University in new york.

M (the abbreviation of meter) Klein's representative work of the history of mathematics is The History of Ancient and Modern Mathematics Thought, which is different from the general works of the history of mathematics, but mainly an introductory book on mathematics from a historical perspective, which highlights the thinking method of mathematics development and discusses the history of mathematics thought, and is praised as "the best history of mathematics in our existing history".

As a mathematician who is good at studying electromagnetic theory, M Klein has written Principles of Electromagnetic Waves (195 1 year), Mathematics and Physical World (1959) and Electromagnetic Principles and Geometric Optics (1965). In addition, his Mathematical Methods and Cultural Cultivation (1962) is two books that discussed mathematical culture earlier. The Exploration in Mathematics and Cognition, written by him at 1985, discusses the natural phenomena revealed by mathematics, and is an excellent mathematics book integrating mathematics application, mathematics history and popular science.

M Klein has written many books about mathematics education, mainly including Modernism in Ancient Schools (1958) and Suggestions on Mathematics Curriculum in Senior High School (1966). Computational, intuitive and tangible methods (1967), modern (world) mathematics (1968), why Johnny can't do addition: the failure of new mathematics (1973), why the professor doesn't teach: the dilemma of mathematics and college mathematics (65438).

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