Nicolas Rashevsky

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Nicolas R. Rashevsky ( Russian Н. Рашевски * 8 . Jul / 20th September  1899 greg. In Chernigov, Russian empire , now Chernihiv , Ukraine ; † 16 January 1972 in Holland (Michigan) , United States ) was a Russian- American biomathematist .

Life

During the Russian Civil War , Rashevsky joined the Navy of the White Army in 1917 . After training in mathematical physics at the University of Kiev , Rashevsky came to the United States via Constantinople , Prague and Paris in 1924.

At the University of Pittsburgh he developed the idea of ​​biomathematics, based on mathematical physics. He later taught at the University of Chicago , where he founded the journal Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics in 1939 (now the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology ) and in 1947 offered the world's first doctoral program in biomathematics. It was taken over a year later by Anatol Rapoport , whose doctoral supervisor was Rashevsky. Rashevsky was also one of the first to conduct research on artificial neural networks .

In 1931 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .

Works

  • Mathematical biophysics: physico-mathematical foundations of biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1938.
  • Advances and applications of mathematical biology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1940.
  • Mathematical theory of human relations: an approach to mathematical biology of social phenomena. Bloomington, ID: Principia Press, 1947.
  • Mathematical biology of social behavior. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1951.
  • Mathematical principles in biology and their applications. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1961.
  • Looking at history through mathematics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1968.

literature

  • NN: A biographical sketch of Nicolas Rashevsky. In: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology 27 (1965), 3-4.
  • Tara H. Abraham: Nicolas Rashevsky's mathematical biophysics. In: Journal of the History of Biology 37 (2004), 333-385.
  • Paul Cull: The mathematical biophysics of Nicolas Rashevsky. In: Biophysics 88 (2007), 178-184.

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personal data
SURNAME Rashevsky, Nicolas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rashevsky, Nicolas R.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-American biomathematist
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Chernihiv
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1972
Place of death Holland (Michigan)