▁among ▁mathemat icians , ▁and ▁her ▁next ▁book ▁was ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁another ▁Gött ingen ▁figure , ▁Richard ▁Cour ant , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁as ▁Cour ant ▁in ▁Gött ingen ▁and ▁New ▁York . ▁Her ▁next ▁book , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁was ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁the ▁mathematical ▁stat istic ian ▁Jer zy ▁Ne yman , ▁who ▁like ▁Cour ant ▁had ▁em igr ated ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁built ▁a ▁new ▁career ▁there . ▁ ▁An ▁attempt ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Eric ▁Temple ▁Bell ▁proved ▁unexpected ly ▁difficult , ▁as ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁very ▁secret ive ▁about ▁his ▁early ▁life . ▁Re id ▁discovered ▁that ▁Bell , ▁a ▁native ▁of ▁Scotland , ▁as ▁a ▁young ▁man ▁had ▁spent ▁twelve ▁years ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁but ▁had ▁never ▁revealed ▁this ▁to ▁his ▁wife ▁or ▁his ▁son . ▁The ▁resulting ▁book , ▁The ▁Search ▁for ▁E . ▁T . ▁Bell , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁is ▁more ▁of ▁a ▁detect ive ▁story ▁than ▁a ▁true ▁bi ography . ▁ ▁Her ▁sister ▁Julia ▁gradually ▁became ▁more ▁famous , ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁National ▁Academy ▁of ▁Sciences ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁and ▁President ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Mathemat ical ▁Society ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 3 . ▁ ▁Several ▁people ▁had ▁suggested ▁to ▁Const ance ▁that ▁she ▁write ▁a ▁bi ography ▁of ▁Julia , ▁but ▁Julia ▁always ▁refused ▁to ▁co oper ate ▁because ▁she ▁felt ▁scientific