Arthur D. Kramer

Professor Arthur Kramer is the principal author while Al Posamentier served as an editor. Dr Kramer honed his youthful years in a wonderfully warm Brooklyn, New York neighborhood, moving on to Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan and then earning a BME degree from Cooper Union Engineering College. This was followed by an MA in Math Education from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in Mathematics from New York University. After working as an engineer for several years he found his calling in teaching mathematics, first in high school and then in New York University. This led to a life-long career at New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York. He taught a variety of the mathematics courses, with a specialty in the history and culture of mathematics. He was also invited to teach courses in the Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering departments. During this time, he spent several years as an adjunct Professor of Mathematics at the New School for Social Research.

While early on he was interested in mathematical research and published several articles in mathematical journals, he felt a greater need to improve mathematics education resulting in educational grants and special programs at New York City College of Technology. In particular, he developed a curriculum for a program called “Access for Women,” which held weekend sessions to expose high school girls to various STEM fields. They studied and performed basic experiments in different engineering disciplines with the hope that it would motivate them to enter one of these fields.

Professor Kramer has published five textbooks in technical mathematics, his latest being “Mathematics for Electricity and Electronics” and a recent book with Dr. Al Posamentier for a general audience entitled “Mathematics: Its Historical Aspects, Wonders and Beyond”. He continues to teach as an adjunct in the Electrical Engineering department at NYC College of Technology.

When not devoting time to education and writing, he is an accomplished offshore sailor who has sailed his Ketch “Sweet Harmony” along the US east coast and Nova Scotia, to Bermuda several times, across the Atlantic and throughout the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. He enjoys ballroom dancing and has recently discovered a pleasurable pastime playing Tennis.