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David Bates (poet) - definition of David Bates (poet) in Encyclopedia (99 words) |
 | David Bates (poet) - definition of David Bates (poet) in Encyclopedia |
 | David Bates (March 6 1809 - January 25 1870) was an American poet. |
 | He was born in Indian Hill, Ohio and educated in Buffalo before working in first Indianapolis then Philadelphia. |
| Bates College: Department of Mathematics (1365 words) |
 | Usually taken in the first or second year at Bates, this course immerses you in mathematics and gives you a broad exposure to the types of thinking and subject matter of the more advanced major courses. |
 | The abstract field of p adic analysis, which is an important tool in number theory, was the topic for a fourth, while understanding the shapes that "minimal surfaces," such as soap bubbles, would assume in different geometries was the subject of another. |
 | David Haines specializes in algebra, logic, and programming languages and is an avid ornithologist, who has helped students learn about birds both on campus and in the tropical rain forest. |