Cornelius Lanczos

Cornelius Lanczos (1893-1974) held positions at Purdue University, Indiana, the US National Bureau of Standards, University of Washington, Boeing, and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. He wrote eight books and won the Chauvenet Prize for Excellence in Expository Mathematical Writing in 1960. The six-volume Collected Published Papers with Commentaries appeared in 1998.

Cornelius Lanczos (1893-1974) held positions at Purdue University, Indiana, the US National Bureau of Standards, University of Washington, Boeing, and the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies. He wrote eight books and won the Chauvenet Prize for Excellence in Expository Mathematical Writing in 1960. The six-volume Collected Published Papers with Commentaries appeared in 1998. See less