Bartel Leendert van der Waerden
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Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (February 2 1903 – January 12 1996) was a Dutch mathematician who born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and died in Zürich, Switzerland.
He wrote on algebraic geometry; and was the author of an influential two-volume abstract algebra book.
Van der Waerden was active also as a historian of science. He wrote Science Awakening (1954; Dutch original, Ontwakende wetenschap, 1950).
See also
External link
- University of St Andrews' on Van der Waerden (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Van_der_Waerden.html)
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