![]() According to Joseph Clement, a documentary filmmaker who is working on a film about Stewart and Integral House, Stewart brought gay rights activist George Hislop to speak at McMaster in the early 1970s, when the LGBT liberation movement was in its infancy, and was involved in protests and demonstrations. Stewart was deeply involved in LGBT activism. If I hadn"t commissioned the house I"m not sure what I would have spent the money on." Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, called the house "one of the most important private houses built in North America in a long time." In the summer of 2013, Stewart was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. Doctor Stewart has said, "My books and my house are my twin legacies. Called Integral House (a reference to its curved walls, and their similarity to the mathematical integral symbol), the house includes a concert hall that seats 150. He paid an additional $5.4 million for the existing house and lot which was torn down to make room for his new home. In the early 2000s a house designed by Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe was constructed for Doctor Stewart in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto at a cost of $32 million. In 2014, his book sales were over $26 million. One of his most popular textbooks is Single Variable Essential Calculus: Early Transcendentals. His books are standard textbooks in universities in many countries. Stewart is best-known for his series of calculus textbooks used for high school, college, and university level courses. ![]() Stewart"s research focused on harmonic analysis and functional analysis. He worked for two years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of London. Stewart received his master of science at Stanford University and his doctor of philosophy from the University of Toronto in 1967. James Drewry Stewart was a Canadian mathematician, violinist, and the professor emeritus of mathematics at McMaster University. ![]() In the summer of 2013, Stewart was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. If I hadn"t commissioned the house I"m not sure what I would have spent the money on." Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, called the house "one of the most important private houses built in North America in a long time." He paid an additional $5.4 million for the existing house and lot which was torn down to make room for his new home.Ĭalled Integral House (a reference to its curved walls, and their similarity to the mathematical integral symbol), the house includes a concert hall that seats 150.
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