George Pólya
Hungarian-American mathematician
Died when: 97 years 268 days (1172 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
George Pólya (/ˈpoʊljə/;Hungarian: Pólya György, pronounced [ˈpoːjɒ ˈɟørɟ];December 13, 1887 – September 7, 1985) was a Hungarian mathematician.
He was a professor of mathematics from 1914 to 1940 at ETH Zürich and from 1940 to 1953 at Stanford University.He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.
He is also noted for his work in heuristics and mathematics education.He has been described as one of The Martians, an informal category which included one of his most famous students at ETH Zurich, John Von Neumann.
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