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Helena Pycior

Helena Pycior

American 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]

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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. [1]
    Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2020-09-04
  2. [2]
    "Pycior, Helena: Professor Emerita", History people, University of Wisconsin–Madison, retrieved 2020-09-04
  3. [3]
    WorldCat catalog entry for The Role of Sir William Rowan Hamilton in the Development of British Modern Algebra, retrieved 2020-09-04
  4. [4]
    Reviews of Symbols, Impossible Numbers, and Geometric Entanglements:
  5. [5]
    Reviews of Creative Couples in the Sciences:


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