Background
Beck, Anatole was born on March 19, 1930 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Morris and Minnie (Rosenblum) Beck.
(Since it was first published three decades ago, Excursion...)
Since it was first published three decades ago, Excursions Into Mathematics has been one of the most popular mathematical books written for a general audience. Taking the reader for short "excursions" into several specific disciplines of mathematics, it makes mathematical concepts accessible to a wide audience. The Millennium Edition is updated with current research and new solutions to outstanding problems that have been discovered since the last edition was printed, such as the solution to the well-known "four-color problem." Excursions Into Mathematics: The Millennium Edition is an exciting revision of the original, much-loved classic. Everyone with an interest in mathematics should read this book.
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mathematician university professor
Beck, Anatole was born on March 19, 1930 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of Morris and Minnie (Rosenblum) Beck.
Beck graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1947, studied at Brooklyn College (Bachelor's degree 1951) and in 1956 received his PhD from Yale University under Shizuo Kakutani PhD (On the Random Ergodic theorem).
In 1958 he became Assistant Professor and in 1966 Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was a visiting professor at the Technical University of Munich, the London School of Economics and a visiting scholar at the University of Göttingen, University of Warwick, University of London, and the Hebrew University. Beck's work dealt with ergodic theory, topological dynamics, Probability in Banach spaces, measure theory, search theory, linear search problem, and mathematics in the social sciences.
Beck was an ardent supporter of unionism and cooperative economics, helping to found the faculty union chapter at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and serving as the Vice President of the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers. He spoke out strongly in favor of academic freedom on campus, and was an early supporter of the free speech rights of the movement against the Vietnam War in the 1960s. Since 2008 he had been a commentator on the Insurgent Radio Kiosk on Madison's community radio station WORT.
Michael N. Bleicher, Donald W. Crowe: Excursions into Mathematics, AK Peters, 2000 (first 1967)
Continuous flow in the plane, Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, Springer Verlag, 1974 (participation Mirit and Jonathan Lewin)
with M. Bleicher: Packing convex sets into a similar set in Konrad Jacobs: Selecta Mathematica, Volume 3, Springer Verlag 1971
A paradox.
The Tortoise and the Hare, in Konrad Jacobs: Selecta Mathematica, Volume 5, Springer Verlag 1979.
(Since it was first published three decades ago, Excursion...)
In 2009 Beck was interviewed extensively by Robert Lange for the UW-Madison Oral History Program.
Member American Mathematics Society (council 1973-1975), Mathematics Association American, American Association of University Professors, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Mu Epsilon.
Married Evelyn Torton, April 10, 1954 (divorced). Children— Nina Rachel, Micah Daniel.