“Our entire society runs on maths that is hidden just below the surface.”
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Ian Stewart
Ian Nicholas Stewart is a British mathematician and a popular-science, textbooks, and science-fiction books writer. He is emeritus professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick, England.
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science · British mathematician and writer (born 1945) · mathematician · novelist · writer · university teacher · science fiction writer · science communicator · also Ian Stewart, Ian Stewart (mathematician), Ian Nicholas Stewart, Stewart
Born 24 September 1945 · Q372182
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s editor would no doubt agree. Hawking is rumoured to have been warned that for every equation in his book A Brief History of Time, the readership would be halved. Just one was allowed in the end: E=mc2
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2026· 6 entries
“s editor would no doubt agree. Hawking is rumoured to have been warned that for every equation in his book A Brief History of Time, the readership would be halved. Just one was allowed in the end: E=mc2”
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“The truth is that most people did maths GCSE because they had to; they didn”
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“Have you ever noticed the pattern in the way a horse gallops?”
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“Public engagement was frowned upon. It was almost as if you were cheating by doing it; you were getting lots of exposure from other people”
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Legacy obituary: Ian STEWART Obituary (2026) - Falkirk, Stirling - Falkirk Herald
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2021· 1 entry
Published “The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews” in BMJ — cited 87,001 times.
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2019· 1 entry
Published “RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials” in BMJ — cited 26,056 times.
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2018· 1 entry
Published “PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation” in Annals of Internal Medicine — cited 36,957 times.
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2015· 1 entry
Published “Preferred reporting items for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 statement” in Systematic Reviews — cited 21,191 times.
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2008· 3 entries
Won Christopher Zeeman Medal (2008).
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“[Dzięki równaniu Blacka-Scholesa osiągnęliśmy] intensywny rozwój sektora finansowego, coraz bardziej rozbudowane instrumenty finansowe, gwałtowne skoki koniunktury przerywane załamaniami rynku, niepokoje na giełdach światowych w latach dziewięćdziesiątych XX wieku, kryzys finansowy z lat 2008–2009 i utrzymujący się zastój gospodarczy.”
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Of the Christopher Zeeman Medal, awarded jointly by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA) for his work on promoting mathematics
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Peano Prize (2006).
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2005· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctorate presented by The Open University (2005).
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1999· 1 entry
Terry Pratchett made both Jack Cohen and Professor Ian Stewart "Honorary Wizards of the Unseen University" at the same ceremony at which the University of Warwick gave Terry Pratchett an honorary degree
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1997· 1 entry
Awarded Forder Lectureship (1997).
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1995· 2 entries
Awarded Michael Faraday Prize (1995).
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Stewart received the Michael Faraday Medal and in 1997 he gave the Royal Institution Christmas Lecture on The Magical Maze
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1985· 5 entries
“Często musi upłynąć pewien czas – bywa, że setki lat, zanim dobre matematyczne idee nabiorą praktycznego znaczenia.”
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“Bez twierdzenia Pitagorasa nie rozwinęłoby się miernictwo ani nawigacja, a z bardziej współczesnych odkryć ogólna teoria względności, czyli najlepsze narzędzie opisu przestrzeni, czasu i grawitacji, jakim dziś dysponujemy.”
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“Równania Maxwella pozwoliły przewidzieć istnienie fal elektromagnetycznych, podróżowanie z prędkością światła i opisanie światła w postaci falowej. To z kolei doprowadziło do wynalezienia radia, telewizji, łączności bezprzewodowej i większości współczesnych metod porozumiewania się.”
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“Nawet Eulerowi zdarzyło się palnąć parę głupstw.”
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“Współczesna cywilizacja szybko by upadła, gdybyśmy zaprzestali powszechnego nauczania arytmetyki.”
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1945· 1 entry
Born 1945-09-24.
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