Edward Arthur Earl

Biographical data

Marital status: Single

My parents, Charles & Josephine, live in Spartanburg SC. Check out my mother's home page.

My younger brother Jim lives in Livingston MT.

I have a profile on facebook.

Present position: Consultant, 4ward Sciences. See my online résumé.

Check out my biographical sketch for more detail on where I've been and what I've done.

Degrees:

B.S. Chemistry and mathematics, Furman University, 1986.

Ph.D. Computational chemistry, University of Utah, 1992.

Organizational Affiliations:

• Phi Beta Kappa
• Pi Mu Epsilon
• Society of Physics Students
• La Jolla Symphony Orchestra

Hobbies and Interests:

• Hiking/mountain climbing
• Snow skiing
• Violin
• Amateur astronomy
• Flying
• Polyhedron models

Personal comments:

"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."

-Thomas Alva Edison

Earl's Laws of Mathematical Ethics:

First:

Any unit of angle other than the radian is mathematically ugly.

Second:

Any continuous logarithm or exponential to any base other than e is mathematically ugly.

Third:

The absolute value function is mathematically ugly.

I am often known to call myself "7.389056099", which is (to the number of significant digits shown) a transcendental number that can be obtained in only two or three keystrokes on a typical scientific calculator. Can you figure out what this number means? Hint: see Earl's Second Law of Mathematical Ethics.

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