Burton Wadsworth Jones (1 October 1902 – 8 December 1983) was an American mathematician, known for his work on quadratic forms. B. W. Jones was born in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He received his BA in 1923 from Grinell College, his MA in 1924 from Harvard University, and his PhD in mathematics in 1928 from the University of Chicago under L. E. Dickson. Jones was a mathematics professor at Cornell University from 1930 to 1948. At Cornell, he supervised the doctoral dissertations of four mathematicians: Irma Moses Reiner (1946), Irving Reiner (1947), Mary Dolciani (1947), and William J. LeVeque (1948). Jones was a member of the University of Colorado Boulder faculty from 1948 to his retirement in 1971; he was chair of the mathematics department from 1949 to 1963. Jones was honored by being selected to write the Carus Monograph Number 10, entitled The Arithmetic Theory of Quadratic Forms. He received the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) Distinguished Service Award in 1971. In 1991 the Rocky Mountain section of the MAA honored the memory of B. W. Jones by naming their yearly Distinguished Teaching Award after him. He died in Wellesley, Massachusetts. (Wikipedia).
#245 Deep-Sleep Current: Which is better? µCurrent or Current Ranger? (ESP32, ESP8266)
During Deep Sleep, microcontrollers consume very low currents, and batteries live longer. Unfortunately is not easy to measure these small currents. Today we will check out two small boxes which promise to make this possible. And we will use the 10’000$ professional Keysight N6705C Power A
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Even though age can contribute to someone’s death, it almost definitely won’t be the direct cause. We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time, please give us feedback: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SciShowSurvey2017 Hosted by: Stefan Chin ---------- Support SciShow by b
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Is There Less Oxygen in the Winter Since It's Colder?
Plants make oxygen using photosynthesis, but what happens to the air when those trees drop their leaves in winter? Hosted by: Stefan Chin Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://ww
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Can You Keep Donating and Regrowing Your Liver?
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