(B.S. 1949), authority in artificial intelligence, deductive databases, logic programming and non-monotonic reasoning George Radin (B.A. 1951) computer scientist, helped develop the PL/I programming language and design the OS/360 and TSS/360 systems Gerard Salton (B.S. 1950), pioneering computer scientist in the field of information retrieval Joan Targ (B.A. 1960), pioneer in computer education and older sister of chess champion Bobby Fischer Mathematics Milton Abramowitz (B.A. 1940, M.S. 1942), mathematician, co-author of the Handbook of Mathematical Functions with Formulas, Graphs, and Mathematical Tables (1964) Ruth Aaronson Bari (B.A. 1939), mathematician known for her work in graph theory and homomorphisms Richard Bellman (B.A. 1941), applied mathematician and inventor of dynamic programming Sol Garfunkel (B.A. 1963), mathematician and long-time executive director of the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications Edna Grossman (B.S. 1968), mathematician Frank Harary (B.A. 1941, M.A. 1945), mathematician, specializing in graph theory William Kantor (B.S. 1964), mathematician, specializing in group theory and geometry. Julian Keilson (B.S. 1947), mathematician, known for his work in probability theory Seymour Lipschutz (B.A. 1952, M.A. 1956), author of technical books on pure mathematics and probability, including a collection of Schaum's Outlines Abraham Nemeth (B.S. 1940), mathematician and inventor; developed the Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics and Science Notation Gloria Olive (B.A. 1944), New Zealand academic mathematician Stanley Osher (B.A. 1962), pioneering mathematician in applied mathematics, computational science, and scientific computing Donald Solitar (B.A. 1953), mathematician, known for his work in combinatorial group theory; the Baumslag–Solitar groups are named after him and Gilbert Baumslag, after their joint 1962 paper on these groups Meteorology Frank Field (B.S. 1947), meteorologist and science editor Seymour Hess (B.A. 1941), meteorologist and planetary scientist Lester Machta (B.A. 1939) American meteorologist, first director of the Air Resources Laboratory (ARL) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Raphael Miranda (B.S. 2006), meteorologist and weather producer at WNBC in New York City Physics Alexander Calandra (B.A 1935), scientist, educator, and author, professor of physics at Washington University in St. Louis Esther M. Conwell (B.S. 1942), physicist, contributed to development of semiconductors and lasers Stanley Deser (B.S. 1949), physicist known for his contributions to general relativity, especially as co-developer of ADM formalism, Ancell Professor of Physics at Brandeis University Robert Ehrlich (B.S. 1959), American particle physicist and educator; author of books about the tachyon, a hypothetical particle that travels faster than light Jerry Goldstein (B.S. 1993), space physicist and professor David L. Goodstein (B.S. 1960),