About the Author
Charles C. Pinter was raised in Tangier, Morocco, and had his schooling at
the French Lycée. He has the degree of Docteur-ès-Sciences (Doctorat d’Etat)
from the University of Paris, where he studied mathematical physics and philosophy. He is a highly regarded researcher in the Theory of Models. A recent review of his work states, “Charles Pinter does not publish often, but
every one of his papers is a milestone.” He is the author of textbooks in abstract algebra and set theory. Currently, he is Professor Emeritus at Bucknell
University.
Pinter has lectured at a number of universities worldwide. He was Fulbright
Visiting Professor at the University of Malaya (with the title of Maha Guru),
and likewise Fulbright Professor at San Marcos University in Lima, Peru.
From his years as an undergraduate student, he has a degree in journalism
and was a student in the School of Oriental Languages (Ecole des Langues
Orientales) in Paris where he studied Chinese and Japanese. Early in life, he
held such jobs as house painter, ranchero and interpreter.
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