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The Thirty Greatest Mathematicians. Click for a discussion of certain omissions.

The Thirty Greatest Mathematicians

Please send me e-mail if you believe there's a major flaw in my rankings (or an error in any of the biographies). Obviously the relative ranks of, say Fibonacci and Ramanujan, will never satisfy everyone since the reasons for their "greatness" are different. I'm sure I've overlooked great mathematicians who obviously belong on this list. Please e-mail and tell me! Following are the top mathematicians in chronological (birth-year) order. Greatest Mathematicians. Great Mathematicians. Ramanujan. Thales. Euclid. Pascal. Descartes. Germain. Pythagoras. Archimedes. Fibonacci. Famous Mathematicians - Facts & Information.

Math as artistry: an interview with Steve Strogatz, mathematician. I have a treat for readers today, an interview I did recently with Steven Strogatz, mathematician and writer on math extraordinaire.

Math as artistry: an interview with Steve Strogatz, mathematician

Strogatz is the Schurman Professor of applied mathematics at Cornell University. He is the author, most recently, of The Joy of x, a lovely book on math that grew out of his series of postings in the New York Times called the Elements of Math. He recently concluded his second series in the Times. How do I know Steve?