Ken Stroud

This article is about the mathematician. For the footballer, see Kenny Stroud.

Kenneth Arthur Stroud (/straʊd/; Richmond, Surrey, 28 September 1908 – Hertfordshire township, February 3, 2000)^[1] was a mathematician and Principal Lecturer in Mathematics at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, England.^[2][3] He is most widely known as the author of several mathematics textbooks, especially the very popular Engineering Mathematics.

Education

Stroud held a B.Sc. and a DipEd.^[4]

Work

Stroud was an innovator in programmed learning and the identification of precise learning outcomes,^[5][6] and Nigel Steele calls his textbook Engineering Mathematics, based on the programmed learning approach, "one of the most successful mathematics textbooks ever published."^[7]

He died in February 2000, aged 91.^[7]

Bibliography

• Laplace Transforms: Programmes and Problems, Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1973, ISBN 0-85950-002-0 and 1978, ISBN 978-0-85950-002-9.
• Fourier Series and Harmonic Analysis, Nelson Thornes Ltd, 1983, ISBN 0-85950-137-X and Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1986, ISBN 978-0-85950-137-8.
• Engineering Mathematics, Macmillan, 1970, ISBN 0-333-10908-2. 6th ed., (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8311-3327-6.
• Advanced Engineering Mathematics (with Dexter J. Booth), 5th ed., Industrial Press, 2011, ISBN 978-0-8311-3449-5, 4th ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, ISBN 978-1-4039-0312-9.
• Differential Equations (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0-8311-3187-6.
• Vector Analysis (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-8311-3208-8.
• Complex Variables (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8311-3266-8.
• Linear Algebra (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8311-3188-3.
• Essential Mathematics for Science and Technology: A Self-Learning Guide (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8311-3391-7.
• Further Engineering Mathematics : Programmes and Problems, Palgrave Macmillan, 3 October 1986, ISBN 0-333-34875-3. 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, 1 November 1989, ISBN 0-387-91280-0. 2nd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, June 1990, ISBN 0-333-52610-4. 3rd Revised Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 27 March 1996, ISBN 0-333-65741-1.
• Mathematics for engineering technicians, Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1978, ISBN 0-85950-088-8. Book 2A : Practical applications, Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1981, ISBN 0-85950-469-7.