News Release
THOMAS HAWKINS WINS
AMS WHITEMAN PRIZE
Michael Breen, or Annette Emerson, AMS Public Awareness Officers
Email: pa-office@ams.org
Telephone: 401-455-4000
Fax: 401-331-3842
January 11, 2001
PROVIDENCE, RIóThomas Hawkins, a mathematician at Boston University,
has won the 2001 Whiteman Prize. Presented by the American Mathematical
Society, the Whiteman Prize honors notable exposition in the history of
mathematics. The prize will be awarded today at the Joint Mathematics
Meetings in New Orleans.
The citation for the prize calls Professor Hawkins "an outstanding historian
of mathematics whose current research and numerous publications display
the highest standards of mathematical and historical sophistication."
The citation also mentions a number of Professor Hawkinsí works, including
his most recent book, The Emergence of the Theory of Lie Groups: An
Essay in the History of Mathematics 1869-1926 (Springer-Verlag,
2000).
"Hawkinsí work has truly transformed our understanding of how modern
mathematics
has evolved," the citation concludes.
Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the
30,000-member American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through
programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses,
strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation
of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday
life.
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