Books by Amir D. Azcel

The Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University, and is an occasional business commentator on CNN. He earned his B.A. in mathematics and M.S. in operations research from the University of CaliforniaBerkeley, and he was awarded his Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Oregon. Prior to assuming his current position, Aczel lived and taught in California, Alaska, Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East. Aczel is the author of 11 books on mathematics, business, and statistics. His best known book, Fermat's Last Theorem, discusses the quest to prove a heretofore unprovable mathematical theorem. The recently published The Riddle of the Compass discusses the invention of the compass. Professor of quantitative methods at the University of WisconsinParkside, where he has been teaching business statistics and operations management for 21 years. He earned his doctoral and master's degrees in business from Kent State University and received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Before turning to academia, Sounderpandian worked as an engineer for seven years at an aircraft manufacturing company in India.