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Eric W. Weisstein
American mathematician and encyclopedist (born )
Not to be confused with Eric Weinstein.
Eric Wolfgang Weisstein (born March 18, ) is an American scientist, mathematician, and encyclopedist who created and maintains the encyclopedias MathWorld and ScienceWorld.
In addition, he is the author of the CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics. He works for Wolfram Research.
Education
Weisstein holds a Ph.D.
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in planetaryastronomy, which he obtained from the California Institute of Technology's Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences in as well as an M.S. in planetary astronomy in also from Caltech. Weisstein graduated cum laude from Cornell University with a B.A.
in physics and a minor in astronomy in During his summers away from Cornell, Weisstein participated in research at the Arecibo Observatory, a radio telescope facility in Puerto Rico operated by Cornell. As a graduate student, Weisstein also participated in research at Goddard Space Flight