About Eli Maor
Born 1937. Eli Maor is an Israeli mathematician, historian of mathematics, university teacher and non-fiction writer.
Eli Maor (; born 4 October 1937) is a mathematician and historian of mathematics, best known for several books about mathematics and its history written for a popular audience. He taught mathematics at the University of the Negev and the University of Wisconsin. From 1995 he taught the history of mathematics at Loyola University Chicago. Maor was the editor of the article on trigonometry for the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Asteroid 226861 Elimaor, discovered at the Jarnac Observatory in 2004, was named in his honor.
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Israeli mathematician
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Eli Maor was born on 4 October 1937 in Israel.
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Eli Maor is a mathematician, historian of mathematics, university teacher and non-fiction writer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Eli Maor. https://biography.guide/eli-maor/
MLA: "Eli Maor." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/eli-maor/.
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