Jones, Alexander - History

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Alexander
Last Name: 
Jones
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
University Affiliation: 
Unaffiliated
Phone: 
2129927816
Extension: 
New York University
Email Address: 
alexander.jones@nyu.edu
Area of Research
Discipline: 
History
Subject: 
Physics
Mathematics
Geographical Region: 
Greece
Near East
Time Period: 
Ancient
Ancient
Specific Area of Research: 
Mathematical and physical sciences and pseudosciences in antiquity, Middle Ages, and early modern Europe. Current work concerns astronomy and astrology in the ancient Near East and the Greek world, the scientific work of Ptolemy, and Greek mathematical sciences in general. Papyrology, manuscript traditions and textual criticism.
Academics
PHD Program: 
History of Mathematics
PHD University: 
Brown University
PHD Date: 
1985
Major Publications: 
(edited) Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Archimedes. (Forthcoming.) (with J. L. Berggren) Ptolemy's Geography: The Theoretical Chapters. Princeton University Press (2000). 232 pp. Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus. Philadelphia (1999). Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 233. 2 vols. in 1, xii + 368 pp., 471 pp. (with M. W. Haslam, F. Maltomini, M. L. West, and others) The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Volume LXV. London, 1998. Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 85. 212 pp. Ptolemy
Membership in Academic Societies: 
HSS, CSHPM, AIHS, Classical Association of Canada, Egypt Exploration Society
Courses Taught: 
Science in Antiquity, Ancient Astronomy, various graduate seminars on specific topics