Haskell Curry (nonfiction)

Haskell Brooks Curry.

Haskell Brooks Curry (September 12, 1900 – September 1, 1982) was an American mathematician and logician.

Curry is best known for his work in combinatory logic; while the initial concept of combinatory logic was based on a single paper by Moses Schönfinkel, much of the development was done by Curry.

Curry is also known for Curry's paradox and the Curry–Howard correspondence.

There are three programming languages named after him -- Haskell, Brook and Curry -- as well as the concept of currying, a technique used for transforming functions in mathematics and computer science.

Fiction cross-reference

• Crimes against mathematical constants
• Gnomon algorithm
• Gnomon Chronicles
• Mathematician
• Mathematics

Nonfiction cross-reference

• Paul Bernays (nonfiction) - Doctoral advisor
• Combinatory logic (nonfiction)
• Mathematician (nonfiction)
• Bertrand Russell (nonfiction) - Influence
• Moses Schönfinkel (nonfiction) - Influence
• Alfred North Whitehead (nonfiction) - Influence

External links:

• Haskell Curry @ Wikipedia