Ken Stroud

For the footballer, see Kenny Stroud.

Kenneth Arthur Stroud (Richmond, Surrey, December, 1908 - Hertfordshire township, February, 2000) was a mathematician, Principal Lecturer in Mathematics at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, England.^[1] He is most widely known as the author of several mathematics textbooks:

Laplace Transforms: Programmes and Problems, Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1973, ISBN 0859500020 and 1978, ISBN 9780859500029.
Fourier Series and Harmonic Analysis, Nelson Thornes Ltd, 1983, ISBN 085950137X and Stanley Thornes Ltd, 1986, ISBN 9780859501378.
Engineering Mathematics, Macmillan, 1970, ISBN 0333109082. 6th ed., (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2007, ISBN 9780831133276.
Advanced Engineering Mathematics (with Dexter J. Booth), 5th ed., Industrial Press, 2011, ISBN 9780831134495, 4th ed., Palgrave Macmillan, 2003, ISBN 9781403903129.
Differential Equations (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2004, ISBN 9780831131876.
Vector Analysis (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2005, ISBN 9780831132088.
Complex Variables (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2007, ISBN 9780831132668.
Linear Algebra (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2008, ISBN 9780831131883.
Essential Mathematics for Science and Technology: A Self-Learning Guide (with Dexter J. Booth), Industrial Press, 2009, ISBN 9780831133917.
Further Engineering Mathematics : Programmes and Problems, Palgrave Macmillan, 3 October 1986, ISBN 0333348753. 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag, 1 November 1989, ISBN 0387912800. 2nd ed., Palgrave Macmillan, June 1990, ISBN 0333526104. 3rd Revised Edition, Palgrave Macmillan, 27 March 1996, ISBN 0333657411.
Mathematics for engineering technicians, Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1978, ISBN 0859500888. Book 2A : Practical applications, Stanley Thornes Ltd., 1981, ISBN 0859504697.

Stroud was an innovator in programmed learning and the identification of precise learning outcomes^[2], and Nigel Steele calls his textbook Engineering Mathematics, based on the programmed learning approach, "one of the most successful mathematics textbooks ever published."^[3]

He died in February 2000, aged 91.^[3]

References

^ Author information from book publisher's web site.
^ Stroud, K.A. 1971. A System Approach to the Training of Mathematics to First Year Undergraduate Engineering Students at the Lanchester Polytechnic, Coventry. J. of the Institute of Mathematics. May 1971. 152-155.
^ ^a ^b Steele, Nigel (2000-03-17), "Method is more than the sum of its parts: Nigel Steele recalls a guru who calculated a route to learning success", Times Higher Education, http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=150737&sectioncode=26

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Date of death	2000
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