Judith V. Field
Judith V. Field | |
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Born | 1943 (age 80–81) |
Nationality | British |
Other names | Judith Veronica Field |
Alma mater | Imperial College, London |
Academic career | |
Discipline | History |
Sub-discipline | History of mathematics |
Thesis | Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology (1981) |
Doctoral advisor | A. Rupert Hall |
Judith Veronica Field (born 1943) is a British historian of science with interests in mathematics and the impact of science in art, an honorary visiting research fellow in the Department of History of Art of Birkbeck, University of London,[1] former president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics,[2] and president of the Leonardo da Vinci Society.[3]
Education and career
Field earned a PhD in 1981 at Imperial College of the University of London; her dissertation, Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology,[4] was supervised by A. Rupert Hall,[5] and later became one of her books.[6]
She was president of the British Society for the History of Mathematics for 1997–1999.[2] She became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1988, and a full member in 1998.[7]
Books
Field is the author of books including:
- The Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues (with J. J. Gray, Springer, 1987)[8]
- Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology (Athlone Press, 1988; Bloomsbury, 2013)[6]
- The Invention of Infinity: Mathematics and Art in the Renaissance (Oxford University Press and Princeton University Press, 1997)[9]
- Science in Art: Works in the National Gallery That Illustrate the History of Science and Technology (with Frank A. J. L. James, British Society for the History of Science, 1997)[10]
- Piero Della Francesca: A Mathematician's Art (Yale University Press, 2005)[11]
- Byzantine and Arabic Mathematical Gearing (with D. R. Hill and M. T. Wright, Science Museum London, 1985)
She is the co-editor of:
- Renaissance and Revolution: Humanists, Scholars, Craftsmen and Natural Philosophers in Early Modern Europe (with Frank A. J. L. James, Cambridge University Press, 1993)[12]
- Breaking Teleprinter Ciphers at Bletchley Park: An edition of I.J. Good, D. Michie and G. Timms: General Report on Tunny with Emphasis on Statistical Methods (I. J. Good, D. Michie, and G. Timms (1945), edited by J. Reeds, W. Diffie, and J.V. Field, IEEE and Wiley, 2015)[13]
She is also a translator of:
- Mathematics and Mathematicians (P. Dedron and J. Itard, two vols., Transworld, 1974 and Open University Press, 1978).[14]
- The Harmony of the World (Johannes Kepler, translated into English with an introduction and notes, by E. J. Aiton, A. M. Duncan and J. V. Field; Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 209, Philadelphia, 1997)
- Ibn al-Haytham's Theory of Conics, Geometrical Constructions and Practical Geometry (A history of Arabic Science and mathematics, vol. 3, Roshdi Rashed, Routledge, 2013)
- Ibn al-Haytham, New Spherical Geometry and Astronomy (A history of Arabic science and mathematics, vol. 4, Roshdi Rashed, Routledge, 2014)
- Ibn al-Haytham's Geometrical Methods and the Philosophy of Mathematics (A history of Arabic science and mathematics, vol. 5, Roshdi Rashed, Routledge, 2017)
References
- ^ "Field, J. V.", Encyclopedia.com, Cengage, retrieved 2020-09-03
- ^ a b History of the BSHM, British Society for the History of Mathematics, retrieved 2020-09-03
- ^ Leonardo da Vinci Society, Birkbeck, University of London, retrieved 2020-11-30
- ^ Judith V. Field at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "Professor Alfred Rupert Hall and Dr Marie Boas Hall" (PDF), Obituaries, Reporter, no. 204, Imperial College London, p. 14, 30 April 2009
- ^ a b Reviews of Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology:
- Wilson, Curtis (September 1988), Isis, 79 (3): 539–540, doi:10.1086/354831, JSTOR 234730
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Shea, William R. (1989), Mathematical Reviews, MR 0929681, Zbl 1091.01500
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Lindberg, David C. (March 1989), The British Journal for the History of Science, 22 (1): 124, doi:10.1017/S0007087400025930, JSTOR 4026718, S2CID 144528112
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Moran, Bruce T. (Spring 1989), Renaissance Quarterly, 42 (1): 112–114, doi:10.2307/2861927, JSTOR 2861927, S2CID 163754160
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Barker, Peter; Ariew, Roger (June 1989), The Review of Metaphysics, 42 (4): 826–828, JSTOR 20128808
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Apt, Adam J. (October 1989), "Keplerian cosmology", Journal for the History of Astronomy, 20 (3): 213–215, Bibcode:1989JHA....20..213A, doi:10.1177/002182868902000305, S2CID 125903971
- Drake, Stillman (December 1989), The American Historical Review, 94 (5): 1339, doi:10.2307/1906363, JSTOR 1906363
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Harman, P. M. (1990), "Kepler's Geometrical Cosmology", International Studies in Philosophy, 22 (3): 103, doi:10.5840/intstudphil199022325
- Keller, Alex (December 1990), Renaissance Studies, 4 (4): 441–444, JSTOR 24412399
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Rabin, Sheila J. (May 1991), Historia Mathematica, 18 (2): 188, doi:10.1016/0315-0860(91)90508-u
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- Wilson, Curtis (September 1988), Isis, 79 (3): 539–540, doi:10.1086/354831, JSTOR 234730
- ^ J. V. Field, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2020-09-12
- ^ Reviews of The Geometrical Work of Girard Desargues:
- Soare, N., zbMATH (in German), Zbl 0607.01026
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Turner, A. J. (March 1988), The British Journal for the History of Science, 21 (1): 111–112, doi:10.1017/S0007087400024444, JSTOR 4026868, S2CID 145419017
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- Soare, N., zbMATH (in German), Zbl 0607.01026
- ^ Reviews of The Invention of Infinity:
- Edgerton, Samuel Y. (November 1997), "Painting by numbers", Nature, 390 (6658): 356, doi:10.1038/37041, S2CID 4346650
- Segal, S. L., zbMATH, Zbl 0893.01003
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - White, John (October 1998), The Burlington Magazine, 140 (1147): 685, JSTOR 888164
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Elsig, Frédéric (1999), Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance (in French), 61 (1): 217–219, JSTOR 20678485
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Raven, Diederick (June 1999), The British Journal for the History of Science, 32 (2): 243–245, doi:10.1017/S0007087499253617, JSTOR 4028090
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Peterson, Mark (June 1999), Nexus Network Journal, 1 (1–2): 163–166, doi:10.1007/s00004-998-0017-x
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Richardson, John Adkins (Fall 1999), The Journal of Aesthetic Education, 33 (3): 112–116, doi:10.2307/3333708, JSTOR 3333708
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Phillips, Anthony (January 2000), "Review" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 47 (1): 46–50
- Massey, Lyle (September 2001), The Art Bulletin, 83 (3): 564–566, doi:10.2307/3177245, JSTOR 3177245
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Benbow, Peter K. (September 2018), "Review", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ Reviews of Science in Art:
- Hill, C. R. (October 1998), Annals of Science, 55 (4): 425–427, doi:10.1080/00033799800200271
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Jordanova, Ludmilla (September 2002), "And?", The British Journal for the History of Science, 35 (3): 341–345, doi:10.1017/S0007087402004740, JSTOR 4028128
- Hill, C. R. (October 1998), Annals of Science, 55 (4): 425–427, doi:10.1080/00033799800200271
- ^ Reviews of Piero Della Francesca:
- Dabell, Frank (November 2005), The Burlington Magazine, 147 (1232): 755–756, JSTOR 20074191
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Mann, Tony (December 2005), "Review" (PDF), Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society, 343: 30–31
- Emmer, Michele (March 2007), "Review" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 54 (3): 372–379
- Katz, Dana E.; Swanson, Irena (Spring 2007), Sixteenth Century Journal, 38 (1): 300–301, doi:10.2307/20478356, JSTOR 20478356
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- Dabell, Frank (November 2005), The Burlington Magazine, 147 (1232): 755–756, JSTOR 20074191
- ^ Reviews of Renaissance and Revolution:
- Chapman, A. (February 1995), The Observatory, vol. 115 (1124 ed.), p. 49, Bibcode:1995Obs...115...49C
- Osler, Margaret J. (June 1995), Isis, 86 (2): 323–324, JSTOR 236356
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Malet, Antoni (June 1995), The British Journal for the History of Science, 28 (2): 235–236, doi:10.1017/S0007087400033008, JSTOR 4027681, S2CID 145129106
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Long, Pamela O. (July 1995), Technology and Culture, 36 (3): 723–725, doi:10.2307/3107279, JSTOR 3107279, S2CID 144823243
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Gouk, Penelope (November 1996), The English Historical Review, 111 (444): 1276, doi:10.1093/ehr/CXI.444.1276, JSTOR 575916
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dixon, C. Scott (September 1997), "Urban culture and court culture in the European past", The Historical Journal, 40 (3): 825–833, doi:10.1017/S0018246X97007449, JSTOR 2639890, S2CID 159971790
- Rouvray, Dennis H. (January 1998), Endeavour, 22 (2): 89, doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(99)80014-3
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Donahue, William (February 1998), "The Hall Festschrift", Journal for the History of Astronomy, 29 (1): 89–91, Bibcode:1998JHA....29...89F, doi:10.1177/002182869802900110, S2CID 125107300
- ^ Review of Breaking Teleprinter Ciphers at Bletchley Park:
- Christensen, Chris (September 2020), Cryptologia, 45: 88–93, doi:10.1080/01611194.2020.1804484, S2CID 225207233
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- Christensen, Chris (September 2020), Cryptologia, 45: 88–93, doi:10.1080/01611194.2020.1804484, S2CID 225207233
- ^ Reviews of Mathematics and Mathematicians:
- Lockwood, E. H. (June 1976), The Mathematical Gazette, 60 (412): 145–146, doi:10.2307/3616255, JSTOR 3616255
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Jones, Phillip S. (August 1976), "Mathematics and mathematicians", Historia Mathematica, 3 (3): 357–359, doi:10.1016/0315-0860(76)90120-8, hdl:2027.42/21708
- Schlapp, R. (March 1977), Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 20 (3): 268, doi:10.1017/s0013091500026390
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- Lockwood, E. H. (June 1976), The Mathematical Gazette, 60 (412): 145–146, doi:10.2307/3616255, JSTOR 3616255