George William Hart (born 1955)[1] is an American sculptor and geometer. Before retiring, he was an associate professor of Electrical Engineering at Columbia University in New York City and then an interdepartmental research professor at Stony Brook University. His work includes both academic and artistic approaches to mathematics.
George W. Hart | |
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 Geometer George W. Hart with his "12-part sculpture puzzle" | |
| Born | George William Hart 1955 (age 68–69) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Geometer |
| Children | 3, including Vi |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Columbia University SUNY Stony Brook |
| Thesis | Minimum information estimation of structure (1987) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fred C. Schweppe and John N. Tsitsiklis |
| Website | www |
He is the father of mathematics popularizer and YouTuber Vi Hart.
Education and career
editHart received a B.S. in Mathematics from MIT (1977), an M.A. in Linguistics from Indiana University (1979), and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT (1987).
His academic work includes the online publication Encyclopedia of Polyhedra, the textbook Multidimensional Analysis, and the instruction book Zome Geometry. He has also published over sixty academic articles. His artistic work includes sculpture, computer images, toys (e.g. Zome) and puzzles.[2]
He worked with John H. Conway to promote and standardize the Conway polyhedron notation.
Sculptures
editHart's public sculptures can be seen at locations around the world, including MIT, U.C. Berkeley, Stony Brook University, Princeton University, Duke University, The University of Arizona, Queen's University at Kingston, Macalester College, Pratt Institute, Albion College, Middlesex University, Aalto University, and The Polytechnic University of Valencia.[3][4][5]
Inventions
editHart is a coinventor on two US patents, U.S. patent 4,672,555 Digital ac monitor and U.S. patent 4,858,141 Non-intrusive appliance monitor apparatus. These patents cover, in part, an improved electrical meter for homes called nonintrusive load monitors. These meters track changes in voltage and current usage by a given household and then deduce which appliances are using how much electricity and when.[citation needed]
Museum of Mathematics
editHart is a co-founder of North America's only Museum of Mathematics, MoMath, in New York City.[6] As chief of content, he set the "Math is Cool!" tone of the museum and spent five years designing original exhibits and workshop activities for it.[7]
Bibliography
edit- Multidimensional Analysis: Algebras and Systems for Science and Engineering, 1995, ISBN 978-0-387-94417-3
- Zome Geometry - Hands-on Learning with Zome Models, 2001, ISBN 978-1-55953-385-0
Gallery
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3D print of a Sierpinski tetrahedron, made of nylon (polyamide) by G.W. Hart -
Truncated icosahedron (or soccer ball shape), cherry, about 14 inches in diameter, by G.W. Hart -
Wooden hanging installation in the Barus-Holley building at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.
References
edit- ^ "LCCN Permalink for 94039139". Library of Congress Online Catalog. Archived from the original on 2012-07-17. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
- ^ George W. Hart in the News. Consulted on April 5, 2015.
- ^ http://www.georgehart.com/cite/Games1-readable.jpg [bare URL image file]
- ^ http://www.georgehart.com/cite/Ivars-Peterson.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ жизнь, Редакция журнала Наука и (April 2010). "IPP-29. Встреча головоломщиков в Сан-Франциско". nkj.ru. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ G. Hart et al., Forming a Museum of Mathematics, in Science Exhibitions: Communication and Evaluation, ISBN 978-0-9561943-8-1
- ^ Gerorge, Hart. "Opening MoMath". Youtube. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
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