John Stillwell

John Stillwell
Born	(1942-08-12) 12 August 1942 Melbourne, Australia
Fields	Mathematics
Institutions	Monash University University of San Francisco
Alma mater	University of Melbourne Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Hartley Rogers, Jr
Notable awards	Chauvenet Prize

For the American publisher, see John Stillwell Stark.

John Stillwell (born 1942) is an Australian mathematician on the faculties of the University of San Francisco and Monash University.

He was born in Melbourne, Australia and lived there until he went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his doctorate. He received his PhD from MIT in 1970, working under Hartley Rogers, Jr. In 2002 he began teaching in San Francisco.

In 2005, Stillwell was the recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's prestigious Chauvenet Prize for his article “The Story of the 120-Cell,” Notices of the AMS, January 2001, pp. 17–24.

Works

Stillwell is the author of many textbooks and other books on mathematics including:

• Classical Topology and Combinatorial Group Theory, 1980, ISBN 0-387-97970-0
• Mathematics and Its History, 1989, 3rd edition 2010, ISBN 0-387-95336-1
• Geometry of Surfaces, 1992, ISBN 0-387-97743-0
• Elements of Algebra: Geometry, Numbers, Equations, 1994, ISBN 0-387-94290-4
• Numbers and Geometry, 1998, ISBN 0-387-98289-2
• Elements of Number Theory, 2003, ISBN 0-387-95587-9
• The Four Pillars of Geometry, 2005, ISBN 0-387-25530-3
• Yearning for the Impossible: The Surprising Truths of Mathematics, 2006, ISBN 1-56881-254-X

Winner of the 2009 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Prize

Awarded by Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

• Naive Lie Theory, 2008, ISBN 0-387-98289-2
• Roads to Infinity, 2010, ISBN 978-1-56881-466-7