Richard D. Bronson was born in New York City on August 5, 1941. He attended Stevens Institute of Technology, where he earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in applied mathematics. He is married and has two children.
Writing
Bronson has written eleven books in mathematics, some in their third edition with many translated into multiple languages. He has published children’s poetry in magazines, including Highlights for Children. He was on the editorial staff of Simulation Magazine and SIAM News and the children’s magazine Kids Club. Antispin is his first novel.
Awards
In 1994, Richard Bronson was awarded the Distinguished College or University Teaching award by the New Jersey Section of Mathematical Association of America. He also received the Fairleigh Dickinson University Distinguished Faculty Award for Research & Scholarship, and the University College Outstanding Teacher Award.
Research
Bronson’s research interests are in mathematical modeling and computer simulation with a focus on macro-sociological theory. He has written extensively on the topic in articles for professional journals and a general-interest trade magazine.
Publications and presentations
Fiction
Antispin
Non-fiction: books
Matrix Methods: An Introduction 3rd edition with Gabriel Costa, Academic Press, New York. Second edition,1991. First edition 1970–1991.
Linear Algebra: An Introduction 2nd edition with Gabriel Costa, Academic Press, New York, 2007. First edition, 1995–2007.
Differential Equations 3rd edition with Gabriel Costa, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw–Hill Book Company, New York, 2006. Second edition, 1993–2006; first edition under the title Modern Introductory Differential Equations, 1974–1993.
Differential Equations, Schaum’s Easy Outlines, McGraw–Hill Book Company, New York, 2003.
Operations Research 2nd edition, with G. Naadimuthu, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw–Hill Book Company, New York, 1997. First edition, 1982–1997.
Matrix Operations, Schaum's Outline Series, McGraw–Hill Book Company, New York, 1989.
Finite Mathematics with Calculus, with Gary Bronson, Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., CA, 2000–2003.
Finite Mathematics, with Gary Bronson, West Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN, 1996–2003.
2500 Solved Problems in Differential Equations, Schaum Division, McGraw–Hill Book Company, New York, 1989–1997.
Simulating Violators, monograph with Chanoch Jacobsen, Topics in Operations Research Series, Military Applications Section of Informs, Hanover, MD, 1985.
Mathematics for Management, with Gary Bronson, IEP Publishers, a subsidiary of Harper & Row, New York, 1977–87.
