Biography:Helena Pycior
Helena Mary Pycior | |
|---|---|
| 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),[4] and the coeditor of Creative Couples in the Sciences (with 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Pycior, Helena: Professor Emerita", History people (University of Wisconsin–Madison), https://uwm.edu/history/people/pycior-helena/, 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., "none", zbMATH
- Rouvray, Dennis H. (January 1998), "none", Endeavour 22 (1): 39, doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(97)86420-4
- "none", Annals of Science 55 (4): 438–440, October 1998, doi:10.1080/00033799800200271
- "none", Isis 89 (4): 728–729, December 1998, doi:10.1086/384188
- Galuzzi, Massimo (1999), "none", Mathematical Reviews
- Henry, John (April 1999), "none", The English Historical Review 114 (456): 450–451, doi:10.1093/ehr/114.456.450
- Guicciardini, Niccolò (March 1999), "Bifocal mathematics", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 30 (1): 183–189, doi:10.1016/s0039-3681(98)00025-9
- Feingold, Mordechai (December 1999), "none", The American Historical Review 104 (5): 1752–1753, doi:10.2307/2649492
- Schubring, Gert (August 2005), "none", Historia Mathematica 32 (3): 363–366, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2004.11.001
- ↑ Reviews of Creative Couples in the Sciences:
- Sime, Ruth Lewin (July 19, 1996), "none", Science, New Series 273 (5273): 316, doi:10.1126/science.273.5273.316
- Cain, Joe (Summer 1997), "none", Journal of the History of Biology 30 (2): 311–313
- Genovese, Rosalie G. (September 1997), "none", Isis 88 (3): 521–522
- Rossiter, Margaret W. (February 1998), "none", The American Historical Review 103 (1): 144–146, doi:10.2307/2650790
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