John Stillwell

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John Stillwell (b. 1942) is an Australian mathematician on the faculties of the University of San Francisco and Monash University.^[1] He is the author of many textbooks and other books on mathematics including:

• Mathematics and Its History, ISBN 0387953361
• The Four Pillars of Geometry, ISBN 0387255303
• Geometry of Surfaces, ISBN 0387977430
• Numbers and Geometry, ISBN 0387982892
• Elements of Algebra: Geometry, Numbers, Equations, ISBN 0387942904
• Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory, ISBN 0387979700
• Elements of Number Theory, ISBN 0387955879
• Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics, ISBN 156881254X

He was born in Melbourne, Australia and lived there until he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctorate.^[2] He received his PhD from MIT in 1970, working under Hartley Rogers, Jr.^[3] In 2005, he was the recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's prestigious Chauvenet Prize for his article “The Story of the 120-Cell,” Notices of the AMS, January 2001, pp. 17-24.^[4]

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