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Helena Mary Pycior (born 1947) 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.

Education

Pycior has a master's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in history, both from Cornell University. Her 1976 doctoral dissertation was titled The Role of Sir William Rowan Hamilton in the Development of British Modern Algebra.

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), and the coeditor of Creative Couples in the Sciences (with Nancy G. Slack and Pnina G. Abir-Am, Rutgers University Press, 1996).

References

1. Birth year from Library of Congress catalog entry, retrieved 2020-09-04
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:
   • Harkleroad, L., zbMATH, Zbl 0876.01002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Rouvray, Dennis H. (January 1998), Endeavour, 22 (1): 39, doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(97)86420-4{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Seltman, Muriel (October 1998), Annals of Science, 55 (4): 438–440, doi:10.1080/00033799800200271{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Richards, Joan L. (December 1998), Isis, 89 (4): 728–729, doi:10.1086/384188, JSTOR 236766{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Galuzzi, Massimo (1999), Mathematical Reviews, MR 1470715{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Henry, John (April 1999), The English Historical Review, 114 (456): 450–451, doi:10.1093/ehr/114.456.450, JSTOR 580149{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Guicciardini, Niccolò (March 1999), "Bifocal mathematics", Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 30 (1): 183–189, doi:10.1016/s0039-3681(98)00025-9
   • Feingold, Mordechai (December 1999), The American Historical Review, 104 (5): 1752–1753, doi:10.2307/2649492, JSTOR 2649492{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
   • Schubring, Gert (August 2005), Historia Mathematica, 32 (3): 363–366, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2004.11.001{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
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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