Ruma Falk

Ruma Falk
רומה פלק
Born
Oren-Aharonovich

1932
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
DiedAugust 15, 2020(2020-08-15) (aged 87–88)
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forProbability theory, human understanding of probability and statistics
AwardsGeorge Pólya Award (1984)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology, Philosophy of Mathematics
InstitutionsHebrew University of Jerusalem
Doctoral advisorAmos Tversky

Ruma Falk (Hebrew: רומה פלק, née Oren-Aharonovich,[1] 1932–2020) was an Israeli psychologist and philosopher of mathematics known for her work on probability theory and human understanding of probability and statistics.[2]

Falk was born in Jerusalem,[1][2] and educated at the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium[2] and Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[1] She completed her PhD on the perception of chance at the Hebrew University in 1975 under the supervision of Amos Tversky,[2] and became a professor there.[1][3][2] She was married to Raphael Falk, a geneticist and historian of science.[3][2][4]

Falk won the George Pólya Award of the Mathematical Association of America with Maya Bar-Hillel in 1984 for their joint work on probability.[5] She died on August 15, 2020.[4]

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  4. ^ a b Sarkar, Sahotra (2021). "In Memoriam: Raphael Falk, 1929–2019". Biological Theory. 16 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1007/s13752-020-00368-1.
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