Grabiner, Judith -

Personal Information
First Name: 
Judith
Last Name: 
Grabiner
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Mathematics
University Affiliation: 
Pitzer College
Phone: 
909.607.3160
Email Address: 
Area of Research
Subject: 
Mathematics
Geographical Region: 
France
Scotland
Time Period: 
18th Century
19th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
History of mathematics and science
Academics
PHD Program: 
History of Science
PHD University: 
Harvard
PHD Date: 
1966
Major Publications: 
The Calculus As Algebra: J.-L. Lagrange, 1736-1813 (Garland 1990) The Origins of Cauchy's Rigorous Calculus (MIT, 1981) “How to Teach Your Own Liberal Arts Mathematics Course,” Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, vol. 1, no. 1 (January 2011). A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings. Washington DC: Mathematical Association of America, 2010. “Why Did Lagrange ‘Prove’ the Parallel Postulate?” [reprinted from American Mathematical Monthly] in Mircea Pitici, ed., Best Writing in Mathematics: 2010. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2010. “Mathematics, Philosophy and the ‘Real World’,” 36-lecture course on DVD. Chantilly, VA: The Teaching Company. Released June 23, 2009.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
History of Science Society, Canadian Society for History of Mathematics, 18th-Century Scottish Studies Society, British Society for the History of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America, American Mathematical Society, Association for Women in Mathematics
Courses Taught: 
Mathematics, history of mathematics, mathematics and philosophy, mathematics in many cultures, history of science from Renaissance to 1800, history of modern science, Mathematics philosophy and the “Real World”, Mathematics in many cultures