Ken Stroud
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Kenneth Arthur Stroud (Richmond, Surrey, December, 1908 - Hertfordshire township, February, 2000) was a mathematician, Principal Lecturer in Mathematics at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, England.[1] He is most widely known as the author of several mathematics textbooks:
- Laplace Transforms: Programmes and Problems, Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1973, ISBN 0859500020 and 1978, ISBN 9780859500029.
- Fourier Series and Harmonic Analysis, Nelson Thornes Ltd, 1983, ISBN 085950137X and Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1986, ISBN 9780859501378.
- Engineering Mathematics, Macmillan, 1970, ISBN 0333109082. 6th ed., (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2007, ISBN 9780831133276.
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics (with Dexter J. Booth), 5th ed., Industrial Press, 2011, ISBN 9780831134495, 4th ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, ISBN 9781403903129.
- Differential Equations (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2004, ISBN 9780831131876.
- Vector Analysis (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2005, ISBN 9780831132088.
- Complex Variables (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2007, ISBN 9780831132668.
- Linear Algebra (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2008, ISBN 9780831131883.
- Essential Mathematics for Science and Technology: A Self-Learning Guide (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2009, ISBN 9780831133917.
- Further Engineering Mathematics : Programmes and Problems, Palgrave Macmillan, 3 October 1986, ISBN 0333348753. 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, 1 November 1989, ISBN 0387912800. 2nd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, June 1990, ISBN 0333526104. 3rd Revised Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 27 March 1996, ISBN 0333657411.
- Mathematics for engineering technicians, Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1978, ISBN 0859500888. Book 2A : Practical applications, Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1981, ISBN 0859504697.
Stroud was an innovator in programmed learning and the identification of precise learning outcomes[2], and Nigel Steele calls his textbook Engineering Mathematics, based on the programmed learning approach, "one of the most successful mathematics textbooks ever published."[3]
He died in February 2000, aged 91.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Author information from book publisher's web site.
- ^ Stroud, K.A. 1971. A System Approach to the Training of Mathematics to First Year Undergraduate Engineering Students at the Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry. J. of the Institute of Mathematics. May 1971. 152-155.
- ^ a b Steele, Nigel (2000-03-17), "Method is more than the sum of its parts: Nigel Steele recalls a guru who calculated a route to learning success", Times Higher Education, http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=150737§ioncode=26
