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Helena Pycior

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2020-09-04
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "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: