Serafina Cuomo
Serafina Cuomo (born May 21, 1966 ) is an Italian historian of mathematics and science.
Cuomo studied philosophy at the University of Naples and received a PhD in the history and philosophy of science from Cambridge University . She was at Imperial College London and is Reader in Roman history at Birkbeck College of the University of London .
Cuomo deals with the history of ancient mathematics, including arithmetic practice in ancient Rome and Pappos , and with the history of ancient technology. She also dealt with ballistics at Niccolò Tartaglia .
Fonts
- Ancient Mathematics , Routledge 2001
- Technology and Culture in Greek and Roman Antiquity , Cambridge University Press 2007
- Pappus of Alexandria and the Mathematics of Late Antiquity , Cambridge University Press 2000
- Ancient written sources for engineering and technology , in P. Oleson (Ed.) Oxford Handbook of Engineering and Technology in the Classical World , Oxford 2007
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Cuomo, Shooting by the book. Notes on Niccolo Tartaglia's Nova Scientia , History of Science, Vol. 35, 197, pp. 155-188
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SURNAME | Cuomo, Serafina |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cuomo, S. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian historian of science |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 21, 1966 |