The Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize
The Beckenbach Book Prize, established in 1986, is the successor to
the MAA Book Prize which was established in 1982.
It is named for the late Edwin Beckenbach, a long-time leader in the
publications program of
the Association and a well-known professor of mathematics at the
University of California at
Los Angeles. This prize of $1,000 is awarded to an author of a
distinguished, innovative
book published by the MAA. The award is not given on a regularly
scheduled basis, but is
given only when a book appears that is judged to be truly outstanding.
List of Recipients
2008
William Dunham Euler: The Master of Us All, The Mathematical Association of America, 1999
2007
William P. Berlinghoff and Fernando Q. Gouvêa Math through the Ages: a Gentle History for Teachers and Others, The Mathematical Association of America & Oxton House Publishers, 2004
2006
Arthur Benjamin and Jennifer Quinn Proofs That Really Count: the Art of Combinatorial Proof, Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, 2003
2004
James Tanton, Solve This: Math Activities for Students and Clubs,
MAA Classroom Resource Materials, 2001.
2002
Joseph Kirtland, Identification Numbers and Check Digits Schemes,
MAA Classroom Resource Materials, 2001.
1999
David M. Bressoud, Proofs and Confirmations, the story of
the Alternating Sign Matrix Conjecture, Spectrum Series, 1999.
1998
Sherman Stein and Sandor Szabo, Algebra and Tiling, Carus Mathematical Monographs, Number 25, 1994.
1996
Constance Reid, The Search for E.T. Bell, Also Known as John Taine, Spectrum, 1993.
1994
Steven George Krantz, Complex Analysis: The Geometric Viewpoint, Carus Mathematical Monographs, Number 23, 1990.
1989
Thomas M. Thompson, From Error-Correcting Codes through Sphere Packings to Simple Groups, Carus Mathematical Monographs, Number 21, 1984.
1986
Edward W. Packel, The Mathematics of Games and Gambling, New Mathematical Library, 1981.
1984
Charles Robert Hadlock, Field Theory and Its Classical Problems, Carus Mathematical Monographs, Number 19, 1978.