Howard Whitley Eves (10 January 1911 New Jersey - 6 June 2004) was an American mathematician, known for his work in geometry and the history of mathematics. Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Geometry (Greek γεωμετρία; geo = earth, metria = measure) arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. ... The word mathematics comes from the Greek μάθημα (máthema) which means science, knowledge, or learning; μαθηματικός (mathematikós) means fond of learning. Today, the term refers to a specific body of knowledge - the rigorous, deductive study of quantity, structure, space, and change. ...

Eves received his B.S. from the University of Virginia, the M.A. from Harvard University, and the Ph.D. in mathematics from Oregon State University in 1948. In 1936-37, while at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, he befriended Albert Einstein. He then spent most of his career at the University of Maine at Orono, 1954-76. In later life, he occasionally taught at Central Florida University. Website Virginia. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public research and degree-granting four-year university located in Corvallis, Oregon. ... Fuld Hall The Institute for Advanced Study is a private institution in Princeton Township, New Jersey, U.S.A. (although it is not part of Princeton University), designed to foster pure cutting-edge research by scientists in a variety of fields without the complications of teaching or funding, or the... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...   The University of Maine at Orono, established in 1865, is the flagship university of the University of Maine System. ...

Eves was a strong spokesman for the Mathematical Association of America, which he joined in 1942, and whose Northeast Section he founded. For 25 years he edited the Elementary Problems section of the American Mathematical Monthly. He solved over 300 problems proposed in various mathematical journals. His six volume Mathematical Circles series, collecting humorous and interesting anecdotes about mathematicians, was recently reprinted by the MAA, who also published his two volume Great Moments in the History of Mathematics, and his autobiographical Mathematical Reminiscences in 2001. The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) is a professional society that focuses on undergraduate mathematics education. ...

Eves had 6 children.

Books by Eves

• 1972. Survey of Geometry in 2 vols, 2nd ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
• 1990. Introduction to the History of Mathematics, 6th. ed. Philadelphia: Saunders College.
• 1997. Foundations and Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics. Dover.

Quotation

Upon learning that that the University of Maine was to award him an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters instead of the usual Doctor of Science, Eves, ever the modest man, is supposed to have said: "They must have seen me patting a dog."

Reference

• Dodge, Clayton, and Eves-Thomas, Cindy, 2004, "Tribute to Howard Eves."