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Bartel Leendert van der Waerden

Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (February 2, 1903-January 12, 1996) was a Dutch mathematician who born in Amsterdam, Netherlands and died in Zurich, Switzerland.

Van der Waerden was active also as a historian of science. He wrote Science Awakening (1954; Dutch original, Ontwakende wetenschap, 1950).

See also

Van der Waerden's theorem

External link

University of St Andrews' on Van der Waerden (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Van_der_Waerden)

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