Doris Schattschneider
Doris Schattschneider (born October 19, 1939 in Staten Island , New York City ) is an American mathematician who deals with geometry.
Schattschneider studied at the University of Rochester and received his PhD from Yale University in 1966 with Tsuneo Tamagawa and Ichirō Satake ( Restricted Roots of a Semi-simple Algebraic Group ). From 1968 she taught at Moravian College in Bethlehem (Pennsylvania) , where she has been Professor Emeritus since 2002 .
Schattschneider is known for her work on parquet flooring . She is also interested in their connections to art history and has published books on MC Escher . She worked on a project for computer visualization of the geometry of the National Science Foundation, which produced the software "The Geometers Sketchpad", and gave numerous lectures in the USA on applications of geometry in teaching, in art and especially symmetry of polyhedra and Tiling.
From 1981 to 1985 she was the (first woman) editor of Mathematics Magazine . She was Vice President of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), whose Certificate of Meritorious Service and Distinguished Teaching Award (1993) she received. She is a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society .
She discovered and published the amateur mathematician Marjorie Rice .
Fonts
- as editor with Michele Emmer: MC Escher Legacy. A centennial celebration. Collection of articles coming from the MC Escher Centennial Conference, Rome 1998. Springer, Berlin et al. 2003, ISBN 3-540-42458-X .
- as editor with James R. King: Geometry turned on! Dynamic software in learning, teaching and research (= MAA Notes. Vol. 41). Mathematical Association of America, Washington DC 1997, ISBN 0-88385-099-0 .
- The fascination of tiling. In: Michele Emmer (Ed.) The visual mind. Art and mathematics. MIT Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1993, ISBN 0-262-05048-X , pp. 157-164.
- Visions of Symmetry. Notebooks, periodic drawings, and related work of MC Escher. Freeman, New York NY 1990, ISBN 0-7167-2126-0 (New edition. HN Abrams, New York NY 2004, ISBN 0-8109-4308-5 ).
- with Lillian F. Baker: The Perceptive Eye. Art and Math. Allentown Art Museum, Allentown PA 1979.
- with Wallace Walker: M .C. Escher Kaleidocycles. Ballentine Books, New York NY 1977, ISBN 0-345-25686-7 (In German. MC Escher, Kaleidozyklen. TACO, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-89268-013-2 ).
Web links
- Biography, English
- Schattschneider, Bibliography Parquetings
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Doris Schattschneider. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Doris Schattschneider in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schattschneider, Doris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Staten Island , New York , USA |