15 Facts About Edward Burger

Edward Burger Burger was born on December 10,1964 and is an American mathematician and President Emeritus of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

Edward Burger had been named to a single-year-appointment as vice provost of strategic educational initiatives at Baylor University in February 2011.

Edward Burger currently serves as the president and CEO of St David's Foundation.

Edward Burger has been a keynote speaker, invited special session speaker, or the conference chair at a number of American Mathematical Society, Mathematical Association of America, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conferences.

Edward Burger did his postdoctoral work at the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Edward Burger teaches abstract algebra, "The Art of Creating Mathematics", and Diophantine analysis.

Edward Burger has taught or has been a visiting scholar at The University of Texas at Austin, Westminster College, James Madison University, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Concordia University Texas, Baylor University, and the Macquarie University in Australia.

Edward Burger is a pioneer in rich, multimedia Internet lectures that, together with written material, form an electronic textbook.

Edward Burger has written and starred in number of educational videos, including the 24-lecture video series Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers and An Introduction to Number Theory.

Edward Burger has delivered more than 400 lectures worldwide and has appeared on more than 40 radio and TV programs including ABC News Now on WABC-TV in New York and National Public Radio.

Edward Burger starred in the "Mathletes" episode of NBC's "Science of the Winter Olympics" series shown on the Today Show and throughout the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

Edward Burger has written 12 books and has had more than 30 papers published in scholarly journals.

Edward Burger is an associate editor for the American Mathematical Monthly and a member of the editorial board for [AK Peters Publishing].

Some honors and awards Edward Burger has received include:.

Edward Burger is the Francis Christopher Oakley Third Century Professor of Mathematics and was the Lissack Professor for Social Responsibility and Personal Ethics and the Gaudino Scholar at Williams College, where he was awarded the 2007 Nelson Bushnell Prize for Scholarship and Teaching.