Karine Chemla
Karine Chemla (born 8 February 1957) is a French historian of mathematics and sinologist who works as a director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS).[1] She is also a senior fellow at the New York University Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.[2] She was elected a Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2019.
Education
[edit]Chemla studied at Paris Diderot University and the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, earning an agrégation in mathematics in 1978 and a diploma of advanced studies in 1979.[3] At this time, her work was in pure mathematics. However, in 1980, influenced by the work of Ilya Prigogine, she won a Singer–Polignac scholarship to travel to China and study the history of Chinese mathematics.[4] Returning to France, she earned her Ph.D. in the history of mathematics from Paris 13 University in 1982, and began working for CNRS at that time.[3]
Contributions
[edit]Chemla's research interests include Chinese mathematics, 19th century French geometry, and the theory of the history of mathematics.[1]
With Guo Shuchun, Chemla published in 2004 a critical edition and translation into French of The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art.[4][5][6][7] She is also the co-editor, with Cécile Michel, of Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds (Springer, 2020).[8]
Recognition
[edit]Chemla was an invited speaker at the International Congress of Mathematicians in 1998.[9][10] She became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in 2004,[11] of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2005,[3] and of the Academia Europaea in 2013.[12] In 2013–2014 she was the holder of the Sarton Chair of History of Science at Ghent University.[13] She is the 2020 winner of the Otto Neugebauer Prize[14] and the 2021 winner of the LMS-BSHM Hirst Prize.
References
[edit]- ^ a b CHEMLA Karine, Lab. SPHERE (Sciences, Philosophy, History), CNRS, retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ "Karine Chemla", Senior Fellows, NYU ISAW, 23 October 2012, retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ a b c Curriculum vitae: Karine Chemla (PDF), Leopoldina, retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ a b De Mol, Liesbeth (2014), "Laudatio Karine Chemla", Sartoniana, 27: 9–12.
- ^ Volkov, Alexei (2010), "Commentaries upon commentaries: The translation of the Jiu zhang suan shu 九章算術 by Karine Chemla and Guo Shuchun", Historia Mathematica, 37 (2): 281–301, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2009.07.010.
- ^ Miao, Tian (2006), "Reviewed Work: Les Neuf Chapitres. Le Classique mathématique de la Chine ancienne et ses commentaires by Karine Chemla, Shuchun Guo", Review, T'oung Pao, Second Series, 92 (4/5): 511–513, JSTOR 4529052.
- ^ Raphals, Lisa (2007), "Reviewed Work: Les neuf chapitres: Le classique mathématique de la Chine ancienne et ses commentaires by Karine Chemla, Guo Shuchun, Geoffrey Lloyd", Review, Isis, 98 (1): 175–176, doi:10.1086/519096.
- ^ Melville, Duncan J. (August 2021), "Review of Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ ICM Plenary and Invited Speakers since 1897, International Mathematical Union, retrieved 2015-10-01.
- ^ Chemla, Karine (1998), "History of Mathematics: A Factor in World History and a Source for New Questions", Doc. Math. (Bielefeld) Extra Vol. ICM Berlin, 1998, vol. III, pp. 789–798
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Karine Chemla", List of Members, Leopoldina, retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ Member profile: Karine Chemla, Academia Europaea, retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ Sarton Chair of History of Science: Past chair holders, Ghent University, retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ^ Prize Winners Announced, European Mathematical Society, 8 May 2020
