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Introduction to the Special Issue, by David H. Bailey and Scott Chapman.

View nine larger pictures. David Borwein had been born in Lithuania but was brought up and educated to B. They emigrated to Britain in and David was awarded a Ph. In the same year he was appointed as a lecturer in mathematics at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. David and Bessie's three children were all born in St Andrews: Jonathan Michael Borwein, the subject of this biography, was born on 20 May ; Peter Benjamin Borwein , also an exceptionally talented mathematician, was born on 10 May ; and Sarah Tanya Borwein, who became a medical doctor, was born in Jonathan and Peter had a happy childhood.

An early memory of Jon is of us fishing off the pier in St Andrews with our dad David. We would catch rock cod, and make my mother Bessie clean them and make fish cakes. This delighted Jon. He and I also spent much of our childhood with our guinea pigs, Gilbert and Gulliver. My dad built a cage for them with no bottom, so that the guinea pigs would move around the lawn, acting as lawnmowers.

Jonathan Michael Borwein (– 2 August ) was a Scottish mathematician who held an appointment as Laureate Professor of mathematics at the University of Newcastle, Australia.

As young boys we also shared a bedroom in St Andrews. I used to keep Jon awake at night, by reminding him that the universe was infinite. This bothered him to no end. It's no surprise that he ended up as a mathematician.