Magnus Wenninger
Magnus J. Wenninger (born October 31, 1919 in Park Falls , Wisconsin , † February 17, 2017 in Collegeville , Minnesota ) was an American Benedictine monk and mathematician , who is known for polyhedron models, about which he has several books wrote.
life and work
Wenninger, the son of German immigrants, studied at the Benedictine St. John's University in St. Joseph (Minnesota) . He became a Benedictine monk in 1940 and took the first name Magnus. Since he was intended as a teacher by the order, he then studied at the University of Ottawa , where he also heard a logic lecture and wrote his master's thesis in philosophy in 1946 on the concept of numbers with Roger Bacon and Albertus Magnus . Among other things, he taught mathematics at a school of the order (St. Augustine's College) in the Bahamas in Nassau. In 1961 he made a master's degree in mathematics education from Columbia University Teacher College. In 1981 he returned to St. John's Convent.
His first essays on polyhedra appeared in the 1960s. For a book project, he had to present models of all 75 uniform polyhedra to the publisher (Cambridge University Press). These include Platonic Solids , Archimedean Solids, and Star Bodies . For the 1974 book edition he came up with a total of 119 polyhedron models. In other books he also dealt with the projections onto the sphere circumscribed by the polyhedra and the dual models for the uniform polyhedra.
Fonts
- Polyhedron Models. Cambridge University Press, 1974.
- Spherical Models. Cambridge University Press, 1979.
- Dual models. Cambridge University Press, 1983.
literature
- Christoph Pöppe: Spatial Geometry: Uniform Polyhedra. In: Spectrum of Science . January 11, 2004, section: The Benedictine monk Magnus J. Wenninger… ( Spektrum.de [accessed on September 19, 2016]).
Web links
- Homepage ( Memento from May 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- John J. O'Connor, Edmund F. Robertson : Magnus Wenninger. In: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abbot John Klassen OSB: Obituary for Fr. Magnus Wenninger, OSB. (No longer available online.) Saint John's Abbey, archived from the original on February 22, 2017 ; accessed on February 21, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Uniform polyhedra, Claus Ringel, Bielefeld University
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wenninger, Magnus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wenninger, Magnus J. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American mathematician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Park Falls , Wisconsin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th February 2017 |
| Place of death | Collegeville , Minnesota |