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Karine Chemla
Karine Chemla (born 8 February 1957) is a French historian of mathematics and sinologist who works as a director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). She is also a senior fellow at the New York University Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. She was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019. Education Chemla studied at Paris Diderot University and the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, earning an agrégation in mathematics in 1978 and a diploma of advanced studies in 1979. At this time, her work was in pure mathematics. However, in 1980, influenced by the work of Ilya Prigogine, she won a Singer–Polignac scholarship to travel to China and study the history of Chinese mathematics.. Returning to France, she earned her Ph.D. in the history of mathematics from Paris 13 University in 1982, and began working for CNRS at that time.. Contributions Chemla's research interests include Chinese mathema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karine Chemla (cropped)
Karine Chemla (born 8 February 1957) is a French history of mathematics, historian of mathematics and Sinology, sinologist who works as a director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). She is also a senior fellow at the New York University Institute for the Study of the Ancient World. She was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019. Education Chemla studied at Paris Diderot University and the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, earning an agrégation in mathematics in 1978 and a Master of Advanced Studies, diploma of advanced studies in 1979. At this time, her work was in pure mathematics. However, in 1980, influenced by the work of Ilya Prigogine, she won a Singer–Polignac scholarship to travel to China and study the history of Chinese mathematics.. Returning to France, she earned her Ph.D. in the history of mathematics from Paris 13 University in 1982, and began working for CNRS at that time.. Contributions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T'oung Pao
''T'oung Pao'' (; ), founded in 1890, is a Dutch journal and the oldest international journal of sinology. It is published by the publisher E. J. Brill. ''T'oung Pao'' original full title was ''T'oung Pao ou Archives pour servir à l'étude de l'histoire, des langues, la geographie et l'ethnographie de l'Asie Orientale (Chine, Japon, Corée, Indo-Chine, Asie Centrale et Malaisie)'' ("Tongbao or Archives for Use in the Study of the History, Languages, Geography, and Ethnography of East Asia Indochina.html" ;"title="hina, Japan, Korea, Indochina">hina, Japan, Korea, Indochina, Central Asia, and Malaysia). The first co editors-in-chief were Henri Cordier and Gustav Schlegel. The journal's title ''T'oung Pao'' appears to be romanized based on the system of Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, rather than Wade–Giles. Traditionally, ''T'oung Pao'' was co-edited by two sinologists, one from France and one from the Netherlands. However, the tradition has been discontinued. The cur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1958 Births
Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the third overland journey to the South Pole, the first to use powered vehicles. ** Sputnik 1 (launched on October 4, 1957) falls towards Earth from its orbit and burns up. * January 13 – Battle of Edchera: The Moroccan Army of Liberation ambushes a Spanish patrol. * January 27 – A Soviet-American executive agreement on cultural, educational and scientific exchanges, also known as the "Lacy-Zarubin Agreement, Lacy–Zarubin Agreement", is signed in Washington, D.C. February * February 1 – Egypt and Syria unite to form the United Arab Republic. * February 2 – The ''Falcons'' aerobatic team of the Pakistan Air Force led by Wg Cdr Zafar Masud (air commodore), Mitty Masud set a World record loop, world record performing a 16 aircraft diamon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoni Malet
Antoni Malet (born 23 February 1950) is a Catalan historian of mathematics. He is a professor of history of science at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. His research interests are mostly in the history of mathematics and optics in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Malet earned his Ph.D. in 1989 from Princeton University as a student of Charles Coulston Gillispie, Charles Gillispie, with the thesis ''Studies on James Gregory (mathematician), James Gregorie (1638–1675)''. Malet served as president of the European Society for the History of Science 2016–2018. Selected publications *"From Indivisibles to Infinitesimals. Studies on Seventeenth-Century Mathematizations of Infinitely Small Quantities". Barcelona 1996. *"Ferran Sunyer i Balaguer (1912–1967)". Barcelona 1995. * with J. Paradís: "Els orígens i l'ensenyament de l'àlgebra simbòlica" (in Catalan). Barcelona 1984. *"James Gregorie on Tangents and the "Taylor" Rule of Series Expansions". ''Archive for Histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Bevilacqua
Fabio is a given name descended from Latin ''Fabius'' and very popular in Italy and Latin America (due to Italian migration). The name is written without an accent in Italian and Spanish, but is usually accented in Portuguese as ''Fábio'' (with the diminutive Fabinho and the variant Fabiano in Portuguese and Fabián in Spanish Fabian_(name).html" ;"title="nglish equivalent is Fabian (name)">Fabian. The presence or absence of the written accent does not affect pronunciation. First name A–K * Fabio (DJ), drum-and-bass DJ and producer from the UK * Fábio Alves (footballer, born 1988), Fábio Alves (born 1988), Brazilian professional footballer * Fabinho (footballer, born 1980), Fábio Alves Félix (born 1980), Brazilian football manager and former player * Fábio Arlindo de Medeiros (1939–2020), Brazilian football goalkeeper * Fabio Armiliato (born 1956), Italian operatic tenor * Fábio Aurélio (born 1979), Brazilian footballer * Fábio Bahia (Fábio Júnior Nascimento ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LMS-BSHM Hirst Prize
The Hirst Prize and Lectureship is a biennial prize, jointly awarded by the London Mathematical Society (LMS) and the British Society for the History of Mathematics (BSHM). The prize recognises original and innovative contributions to the history of mathematics by an individual winner or by joint winners. The prize was first awarded in 2015 (solely by the LMS) as part of the LMS's 150th anniversary celebrations. The prize is named in honour of Thomas Archer Hirst, who was from 1872 to 1874 the fifth President of the LMS. Any mathematician or historian of mathematics is eligible for the prize — except for previous winners of the De Morgan Medal, LMS's Pólya Prize, Fröhlich Prize, Naylor Prize and Lectureship, Senior Whitehead Prize, Senior Anne Bennett Prize, or the Christopher Zeeman Medal. In the year for awarding the prize, the members of the Hirst Prize Committee, the members of the LMS and BSHM Councils are also ineligible. The administration of the Hirst Prize alter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghent University
Ghent University (, abbreviated as UGent) is a Public university, public research university located in Ghent, in the East Flanders province of Belgium. Located in Flanders, Ghent University is the second largest Belgian university, consisting of 50,000 students and 9,000 staff members. The university also supports the Ghent University Library (including the famous Boekentoren) and the Ghent University Hospital, which is one of the biggest hospitals in Belgium. In addition to satellite campuses elsewhere in Flanders and a Global Campus in Songdo International Business District, Songdo, South Korea, Ghent University maintains many inter-university partnerships and programs both inside and outside of Europe. Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch people, Dutch William I of the Netherlands, King William I in 1817, when the region was incorporated into the United Kingdom of the Netherlands after the fall of First French Empire. In that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academia Europaea
The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of humanities, letters, law, and sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of European interests in national research agencies. History The concept of a 'European Academy of Sciences' was raised at a meeting in Paris of the European Ministers of Science in 1985. The initiative was taken by the Royal Society (United Kingdom) which resulted in a meeting in London in June 1986 of Arnold Burgen (United Kingdom), Hubert Curien (France), Umberto Colombo (Italy), David Magnusson (Sweden), Eugen Seibold (Germany) and Ruurd van Lieshout (the Netherlands) – who agreed to the need for a new body. The meeting also included Brian Flowers and John Kendrew. Another, larger meeting took place in October 1986 with participants representing some countries in the Council of Europe and was in support for the development of a Eur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Academy Of The History Of Science
The International Academy of the History of Science () is a membership organization for historians of science. The Academy was founded on 17 August 1928 at the Congress of Historical Science by Aldo Mieli, Abel Rey, George Sarton, Henry E. Sigerist, Charles Singer, Karl Sudhoff, and Lynn Thorndike. Publications ''Archives internationales d'histoire des sciences'', formerly ''Archivio di storia della scienza'' and then ''Archeion'', is an international academic journal of the history of science now published by the International Academy of the History of Science. The journal is published twice yearly and its chief editor, since 2018, is Michela Malpangotto. The content is published in six languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish. Issues are distributed in print and online by Brepols Brepols is a Belgian publishing house. Once, it was one of the largest printing companies in the world and one of the main employers in Turnhout (Belgium). Besides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Of Sciences Leopoldina
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (), in short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academia Naturae Curiosorum'' until 1687 when Emperor Leopold I raised it to an academy and named it after himself. It was since known under the German name ''Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina'' until 2007, when it was declared to be Germany's National Academy of Sciences. It is the oldest continuously operating academy of natural sciences worldwide. History ' The Leopoldina was founded in the imperial city of Schweinfurt on 1 January 1652 under the Latin name sometimes translated into English as "Academy of the Curious as to Nature." It was founded by four local physicians – Johann Laurentius Bausch, the first president of the society, Johann Michael Fehr, Georg Balthasar Metzger, and Georg Balthasar Wohlfarth; and was the on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
