Midhat J. Gazalé

Midhat Gazalé (22 July 1929 – 8 June 2009) was an international telecommunications and space consultant and a visiting Professor of Telecommunications and Computer Management at the University of Paris IX. He served as President of AT&T-France, as chairman of the board for Sperry-France and for International Computers-France, and as an executive and research scientist for other major companies. He was made Chevalier dans l'Ordre national du Mérite in 1981. He was born in Alexandria and was a special advisor to the Egyptian prime minister for science and technology.

Midhat Gazalé
Born(1929-07-22)22 July 1929
Alexandria
Died8 June 2009(2009-06-08) (aged 79)[1]
Occupationscientist

Gazalé was the author of the mathematics books Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals[2][3] and Number: From Ahmes to Cantor,[4][5] both of which were published by Princeton University Press.[6] The latter book won the 2000 Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Mathematics and Statistics, Association of American Publishers and was one of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2000. An Italian edition was published by Dedalo Editore.[7] He is also the author of Pyramids Road: An Egyptian Homecoming, published by the American University in Cairo Press.[8][9]

References
  1. Who's Who in France (in French)
  2. Sandifer, Ed (October 11, 1999). "Review of Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals by Midhat J. Gazalé". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
  3. Good, Donald W. (2000). "Review of Gnomon: From Pharaohs to Fractals". The Mathematics Teacher. 93 (2): 161.
  4. Birch, Bryan (August 2001). "Review of Number" From Ahmes to Cantor by Midhat Gazalé". Notices of the AMS. 48 (7): 703–704.
  5. Schaefer, Michael (March 15, 2001). "Review of Number: From Ahmes to Cantor by Midhat Gazalé". MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America.
  6. "All Books".
  7. "Libro Il numero - M. Gazalé - Dedalo - Storia e civiltà | LaFeltrinelli".
  8. Gazalé, Midhat J. (2004). Pyramids Road: An Egyptian Homecoming. ISBN 9774248325.
  9. Gazalé, Midhat J. (2004). Pyramids Road: An Egyptian Homecoming. American Univ in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-832-0.


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