Isaak Yaglom, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Isaak Yaglom

Russian mathematician

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1921

Place of Birth: Kharkiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1988

Profession: mathematician

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Isaak Yaglom

  • Isaak Moiseevich Yaglom (Russian: ????´? ?????´???? ????´?; 6 March 1921 – 17 April 1988) was a Soviet mathematician and author of popular mathematics books, some with his twin Akiva Yaglom. Yaglom received a Ph.D.
  • from Moscow State University in 1945 as student of Veniamin Kagan.
  • As the author of several books, translated into English, that have become academic standards of reference, he has an international stature.
  • His attention to the necessities of learning (pedagogy) make his books pleasing experiences for students.
  • The seven authors of his Russian obituary recount "…the breadth of his interests was truly extraordinary: he was seriously interested in history and philosophy, passionately loved and had a good knowledge of literature and art, often came forward with reports and lectures on the most diverse topics (for example, on Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, and the Dutch painter M.
  • C.
  • Escher), actively took part in the work of the cinema club in Yaroslavl and the music club at the House of Composers in Moscow, and was a continual participant of conferences on mathematical linguistics and on semiotics."

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