Birth Name:

Solomon W. Golomb

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, May 30, 1932

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Age:

91

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

8°

Gem

60'

About Solomon W. Golomb

Solomon Wolf Golomb (/ɡəloʊm/; May 30, 1932 – May 1, 2016) was an American mathematician, engineer, and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, best known for his works on mathematical games. Most notably, he invented Cheskers in 1948 and coined the name. He also fully described polyominoes and pentominoes in 1953. He specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory, and communications. His game of pentomino inspired Tetris.

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External Links:

• Biography of Dr. Golomb at the USC Electrical Engineering Department's website

• Solomon W. Golomb at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Solomon W. Golomb: Sun 8 Gemini, Moon 17 Aries, Mercury 23 Taurus, Venus 14 Cancer, Mars 13 Taurus, Jupiter 16 Leo, Saturn 4 Aquarius, Uranus 22 Aries, Neptune 5 Virgo, Pluto 20 Cancer, Sun Square Neptune, Sun Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Semi Sextile Uranus, Mercury Sextile Pluto, Venus Sextile Mars, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Square Jupiter, Saturn Quincunx Neptune, Uranus Sesquiquadrate Neptune, Uranus Square Pluto, Neptune Semi Square Pluto

Categories related to Solomon W. Golomb: 2016 deaths, 20th-century American mathematicians, 21st-century American mathematicians, Fellows of the American Mathematical Society, May 30 births, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, Number theorists, Johns Hopkins University alumni, 1932 births, Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering, University of Southern California faculty, American information theorists, Baltimore City College alumni, National Medal of Science laureates, Fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mathematics popularizers, Burials at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni, Chess variant inventors, Combinatorial game theorists, Recreational mathematicians, 21st-century American Jews, 20th-century American Jews, Mathematicians from Maryland, Tetris