Amir Aczel

Pop idol author in the world of science . . . engagingly puts into plain words the mathematics of infinity and Einstein's field equation work

• Author of research articles, textbooks, and non-fiction books on mathematics including the international bestseller Fermat's Last Theorem
• Nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Award
• Appears nationwide on CNN, CNBC, and Nightline -- and on over a hundred radio programs including NPR's Weekend Edition and Morning Edition
• Aczel is a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• Aczel lucidly explains the science, mystery and mathematics of Descartes -- who has never been so lively as he is in the pages of this first-rate biography and social history. 

"A mathematical bonbon of a book"

- the New Yorker (on Fermat's Last Theorem)

"Captivating...a tale of buried treasure...lucidly presented"

- the New York Times (on Fermat's Last Theorem)

[Entanglement is] perhaps the best lay description of the evolution and current state of quantum physics available today.

- Focus

"It is a wonderful time to glance back over Einstein's path in developing the field equation...fortunately, we have a fabulous guide in Amir D. Aczel."

- Discover

"There is something startling on just about every page."

- San Francisco Chronicle (on Einstein)