Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics | Motivational Facts

#EricTempleBell #ETBell #MenOfMathematics #mathtel #mathematician #shorts #facts #motivationalstory #historyofmathematics #biography Eric Temple Bell was a Scottish-born mathematician best known for his history of mathematics book: Men of Mathematics. Bell spent the last year of his life in Watsonville hospital. He had a room there in which he had his books, reprints, novels and his popular mathematics books. However, he spent most of the days reading poetry. Often he would have a kitten on his bed. At first he smoked cigars but after he set the bed on fire he was told that he could only smoke if someone else was in the room. He died in the hospital fifteen days after signing the contract to have The Last Problem published by Simon and Schuster