Born | March 10, 1917 Prosser, Washington[1] |
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Died | February 17, 2010 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Washington Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Mathematician and physicist |
Employer | DePaul University |
Known for | Author of Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences |
Spouse(s) | Ralph P. Boas, Jr. |
Children | Harold P. Boas |
Mary Layne Boas (1917–2010) was an American mathematician and physics professor[2] best known as the author of Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences[3] (1966), an undergraduate textbook that was still widely used in college classrooms as of 1999.[4]
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Education and career[edit]
She received a bachelor's degree (1938) and a master's degree (1940) in mathematics at the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. (1948) in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]
She taught physics at DePaul University in Chicago for thirty years, retiring in 1987 to return to Washington.[1] Prior to her time at DePaul University, she served as an instructor in the mathematics department at Duke University.
Contributions[edit]
In 2005, at the age of 88, Boas published the third edition of her textbook.[3] She established the Mary L. Boas Endowed Scholarship at the University of Washington in 2008 to recognize outstanding academic achievements by female students in physics.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Mary Boas was married to mathematician Ralph P. Boas, Jr. Her son, Harold P. Boas, is also a noted mathematician. She died on February 17, 2010, at her home near Seattle, Washington.
References[edit]
- ^ abc'Mary Elizabeth Layne Boas's obituary in The Seattle Times'. The Seattle Times. 2010-02-20.
- ^DePaul Department of PhysicsArchived 2010-06-19 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ abBoas, Mary (2005-07-22). 'Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences, 3rd Edition'. Wiley.com. ISBN978-0-471-19826-0.
- ^Spector, Donald (1999). 'Book Reviews'. American Journal of Physics. 67 (2): 165–169. Bibcode:1999AmJPh..67..165R. doi:10.1119/1.19216.
- ^Univ. Wash. Department of Physics awards
Further reading[edit]
- Boas, Sherry (7 March 2010). 'An exceptional mother-in-law beat the 'meddling' stereotype'. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
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