93,772 profiles ranked live

Back to the boardThe board

Edward Kasner

✓ Source-basedstable

American mathematician (1878-1955)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1878 to 1955 · aged 76
Compare
Fame52.8
Momentum2.3
Languages25
In century#30,693

Edward Kasner (April 2, 1878 - January 7, 1955) was an American mathematician best known for introducing the term googol for 10100. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University - the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia - specializing in differential geometry.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Also inDeutsch

Photos 1

Academics from United States 6

William Baumol52.8Shoshana Zuboff52.8George Andrew Reisner52.8Eugene Odum52.8Saunders Mac Lane52.8Paul de Man52.8

About this person

Edward Kasner (April 2, 1878 - January 7, 1955) was an American mathematician best known for introducing the term googol for 10100. He was a Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University - the first Jewish person appointed to a faculty position in the sciences at Columbia - specializing in differential geometry. Kasner is also known for the Kasner metric and the Kasner polygon.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1955 · aged 76
Wikipedia
25 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.