Helena Mary Pycior
Born1947
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
Occupationhistorian

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

  1. ↑ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2020-09-04
  2. 1 2 "Pycior, Helena: Professor Emerita", History people, University of Wisconsin–Madison, retrieved 2020-09-04
  3. ↑ WorldCat catalog entry for The Role of Sir William Rowan Hamilton in the Development of British Modern Algebra, retrieved 2020-09-04
  4. ↑ Reviews of Symbols, Impossible Numbers, and Geometric Entanglements:
  5. ↑ Reviews of Creative Couples in the Sciences:
    • Sime, Ruth Lewin (July 19, 1996), Science, New Series, 273 (5273): 316, doi:10.1126/science.273.5273.316, JSTOR 2889732{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Cain, Joe (Summer 1997), Journal of the History of Biology, 30 (2): 311–313, JSTOR 4331441{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Genovese, Rosalie G. (September 1997), Isis, 88 (3): 521–522, JSTOR 236163{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Rossiter, Margaret W. (February 1998), The American Historical Review, 103 (1): 144–146, doi:10.2307/2650790, JSTOR 2650790, S2CID 144786519{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)


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