Ana María Millán Gasca (born 1964) is a Spanish

historian of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient history, ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural science, natural, social science, social, and formal science, formal. Pr ...

, scholar of

mathematics education In contemporary education, mathematics education—known in Europe as the didactics or pedagogy of mathematics—is the practice of teaching, learning, and carrying out Scholarly method, scholarly research into the transfer of mathematical know ...

, and book author. She works in Italy as a professor at Roma Tre University.

Education and career

Millán was born in 1964 in

Zaragosa Zaragoza (), traditionally known in English as Saragossa ( ), is the capital city of the province of Zaragoza and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributaries, the Huerva and the Gállego, roughl ...

, and has a 1990 PhD in mathematical sciences from the

University of Zaragoza The University of Zaragoza, sometimes referred to as Saragossa University () is a public university with teaching campuses and research centres spread over the three provinces of Aragon (Spain). Founded in 1542, it is one of the List of oldest u ...

. She joined Roma Tre in 2006, after previously teaching at the University of Zaragoza, the

University of La Rioja The University of La Rioja (UR) is a public institution of higher education based in Logroño, La Rioja, Spain. Inaugurated during 1992–1993 from various existing schools and colleges, it currently teaches Grades 19 adapted to the European High ...

, the

University of L'Aquila The University of L'Aquila () is a public research university located in L'Aquila, Central Italy. It was founded in 1964 (its history begins in 1596) and is organized in nine departments. The university presents a scientific-technological charac ...

, and the

University of Rome Tor Vergata University of Rome Tor Vergata, also known as the University of Tor Vergata (), is a public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the university combines a liberal arts tradition with emphasis on ...

. At Roma Tre, she is a full professor in the department of science education, where her laboratory focuses on primary-school mathematics education, especially for students with learning disabilities.

Books

Millán's books include: *''The Biology of Numbers: The Correspondence of Vito Volterra on Mathematical Biology'' (with Giorgio Israel, Birkhäuser, 2002) *''Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering Systems: Controlling, Managing, Organizing'' (edited with Mario Lucertini and Fernando Nicolòm, Birkhäuser, 2004) *''Euclides: La fuerza del razonamiento matemático'' (Nivola, 2004) *''All'inizio fu lo scriba: Piccola storia della matematica come strumento di conoscenza'' (Mimesis, 2004) *''Fabbriche, sistemi, organizzazioni: Storia dell’ingegneria industriale'' (Springer, 2006) *''The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science'' (with Giorgio Israel, Birkhäuser, 2009) *''Pensare in matematica'' (with Giorgio Israel, Zanichelli, 2012) *''Numeri e forme: Didattica della matematica con i bambini'' (Zanichelli, 2016) *''I bambini e il pensiero scientifico'' (with Paola Magrone, Carocci, 2018) *''L'abc della matematica'' (Carocci, 2021)

Recognition

Millán has been a corresponding member of the

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. Sig ...

since 2012.

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