The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) recently honored , the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics in the 麻豆视频 & 麻豆视频 and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, as the 2019 recipient of the George P贸lya Prize for Mathematical Exposition.
鈥淕eorge P贸lya was a great teacher, writer, and communicator of mathematics,鈥 Strogatz said. 鈥淏eing mentioned in the same breath with him is a tremendous honor.鈥
The George P贸lya Prize for Mathematical Exposition is awarded every two years to an outstanding expositor of the mathematical sciences. The prize may be awarded for a specific work or for the cumulative impact of multiple expository works that communicate mathematics effectively. The prize was created in 2013 to emphasize George P贸lya鈥檚 legacy of communicating mathematics effectively and includes an engraved medal and a monetary award of $10,000.
Strogatz was cited for 鈥渆xtensive and brilliant works conveying the fascination and the impact of mathematics to the general public through numerous books, newspaper and magazine articles, and radio, television, web, and video appearances, and for his important and influential textbook on nonlinear dynamics and chaos.鈥
The award ceremony will be held in July at the International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Valencia, Spain.
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