Hélène Bellosta-Baylet (1946 – 19 August 2011) was a French historian of mathematics specializing in mathematics in medieval Islam.[1]
Education and career edit
Bellosta was a student at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, and taught mathematics in the lycées for many years. She became a student of the historian of mathematics Roshdi Rashed, earned a doctorate in epistemology and the history of science at Paris Diderot University, and, after four years of work at the French Institute of Arab Studies in Damascus (IFEAD), became a director of research for the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), associated with the Center for the History of Arab and Medieval Sciences and Philosophies at Paris Diderot University.[1]
Books edit
With Rashed, Bellosta edited and translated the works of Apollonius of Perga in the book Apollonius de Perge, La section des droites selon des rapports, Commentaire historique et mathématique, édition et traduction du texte arabe (de Gruyter, 2010).[2] They were also the coauthors of a book on Ibrahim ibn Sinan, Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān: Logique et géométrie au Xe siècle (Brill, 2000).[3]
Recognition edit
Bellosta became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 2005.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b Rashed, Roshdi (February 2012), "Hélène Bellosta 1946–2011", Arabic Sciences and Philosophy, 22 (1): 151–153, doi:10.1017/s0957423911000142
- ^ Review of Apollonius de Perge:
- ^ Reviews of Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān:
- Hogendijk, Jan P. (May 2001), Historia Mathematica, 28 (2): 136–139, doi:10.1006/hmat.2001.2312
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Morrison, Robert (October–December 2002), Journal of the American Oriental Society, 122 (4): 856–858, doi:10.2307/3217633, JSTOR 3217633
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dold‐Samplonius, Yvonne (December 2002), Isis, 93 (4): 690–691, doi:10.1086/375993, JSTOR 10.1086/375993
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Brentjes, S. (2003), Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Arabisch-Islamischen Wissenschaften, 15: 323–332, hdl:11858/00-001M-0000-002A-A2CB-0
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Charette, François (May 2003), Journal of Islamic Studies, 14 (2): 217–219, doi:10.1093/jis/14.2.217, JSTOR 26199600
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- Hogendijk, Jan P. (May 2001), Historia Mathematica, 28 (2): 136–139, doi:10.1006/hmat.2001.2312
- ^ Hélène Bellosta-Baylet, International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2020-09-14
External links edit
- Bibliography of Bellosta's works, SPHERE, Paris Diderot University