Helena Pycior
Helena Mary Pycior | |
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Born | 1947 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Cornell University |
Occupation | historian |
Helena Mary Pycior (born 1947)[1] is an American historian known for her works in the history of mathematics, Marie Curie, and human-animal relations. She is a professor emerita of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[2]
Education
Pycior has a master's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in history, both from Cornell University.[2] Her 1976 doctoral dissertation was titled The Role of Sir William Rowan Hamilton in the Development of British Modern Algebra.[3]
Books
Pycior is the author of the book Symbols, Impossible Numbers, and Geometric Entanglements: British Algebra Through the Commentaries on Newton's Universal Arithmetick (Cambridge University Press, 1997),Nancy G. Slack and Pnina G. Abir-Am, Rutgers University Press, 1996).[5]
References
- ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2020-09-04
- ^ a b "Pycior, Helena: Professor Emerita", History people, University of Wisconsin–Madison, retrieved 2020-09-04
- ^ WorldCat catalog entry for The Role of Sir William Rowan Hamilton in the Development of British Modern Algebra, retrieved 2020-09-04
- ^ Reviews of Symbols, Impossible Numbers, and Geometric Entanglements:
- Harkleroad, L., zbMATH, Zbl 0876.01002)
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- Rouvray, Dennis H. (January 1998), Endeavour, 22 (1): 39, doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(97)86420-4)
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- Galuzzi, Massimo (1999), )
- Henry, John (April 1999), The English Historical Review, 114 (456): 450–451, )
- Guicciardini, Niccolò (March 1999), "Bifocal mathematics", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 30 (1): 183–189,
- Feingold, Mordechai (December 1999), The American Historical Review, 104 (5): 1752–1753, )
- Schubring, Gert (August 2005), Historia Mathematica, 32 (3): 363–366, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2004.11.001)
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- Sime, Ruth Lewin (July 19, 1996), Science, New Series, 273 (5273): 316, )
- Cain, Joe (Summer 1997), Journal of the History of Biology, 30 (2): 311–313, )
- Genovese, Rosalie G. (September 1997), Isis, 88 (3): 521–522, )
- Rossiter, Margaret W. (February 1998), The American Historical Review, 103 (1): 144–146, )