American mathematician (1902–1984)
Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar |
---|
Born | May 11, 1902
|
---|
Died | July 9, 1984
|
---|
Edna Ernestine Kramer Lassar (May 11, 1902 – July 9, 1984), born Edna Ernestine Kramer, was an American mathematician and author of mathematics books.
Kramer was born in Manhattan to Jewish immigrants.[1] She earned her B.A. summa cum laude in mathematics from Hunter College in 1922.[2] While teaching at local high schools, she earned her M.A. in 1925 and Ph.D. in 1930 in mathematics (with a minor in physics) from Columbia University with Edward Kasner as her advisor.
She wrote The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics, A First Course in Educational Statistics, Mathematics Takes Wings: An Aviation Supplement to Secondary Mathematics, and The Main Stream of Mathematics.[3]
Kramer married the French teacher Benedict Taxier Lassar on July 2, 1935. Kramer-Lassar died at the age of 82 in Manhattan of Parkinson's disease.[3]
Works
- The Main Stream of Mathematics [sic] (1951)
- The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics (1970)
References
External links
|
---|
International | |
---|
National | |
---|
Academics | |
---|
Other | |
---|