Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (February 2 1903 – January 12 1996) was a Dutch mathematician who born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and died in Zürich, Switzerland.

He wrote on algebraic geometry; and was the author of an influential two-volume abstract algebra book.

Van der Waerden was active also as a historian of science. He wrote Science Awakening (1954; Dutch original, Ontwakende wetenschap, 1950).

See also

• Van der Waerden's theorem

External link

• University of St Andrews' on Van der Waerden