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Underwood Dudley (born January 6 , 1937 ) is a Mathematician formerly of Depauw University who has written a number of research works and textbooks, but is best known for his popular writing. Most notable are several books describing Crank mathematics - people who think they have Squared The Circle or done other impossible things. This sort of work is thrown away by most mathematicians, but Dudley has saved and analyzed it, calling it the folklore of mathematics. These books, which alternate between enjoyment of and exasperation with such cranks, include ''The Trisectors'' (ISBN 0883855143), ''Mathematical Cranks'' (ISBN 0883855070), and ''Numerology: Or, What Pythagoras Wrought'' (ISBN 0883855240). They helped him win the Trevor Evans Award for expository writing from the Mathematical Association Of America in 1996 . Underwood Dudley is a native of New York City. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan. His academic career consisted of two years at Ohio State University followed by thirty-seven at DePauw University, from which he retired in 2004. He has written four books and has edited the College Mathematics Journal and the Pi Mu Epsilon Journal. He was a Polya Lecturer for the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) for two years. SEE ALSO |
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