American mathematician (1878–1956)
Louis Charles Karpinski
Born (1878-08-05 ) August 5, 1878Died January 25, 1956(1956-01-25) (aged 77) Occupation Mathematician
Louis Charles Karpinski (5 August 1878[ 1] – 25 January 1956[ 2] ) was an American mathematician.
Background
Louis Charles Karpinski was born on August 5, 1878, in Rochester, New York . His parents were Henry Hermanagle Karpinski of Warsaw , Poland and Mary Louise Engesser of Guebwiller , France.[ 1] [ 3] [ 4] He earned his Bachelor of Arts at Cornell University in 1901 and his Ph.D. at Universität Straßburg in 1903.[ 1]
Career
At Columbia University , Karpinski became a fellow and a university extension lecturer. He taught at Berea College and at the Normal School in Oswego, New York , now SUNY Oswego . He then accepted a position at the University of Michigan , where he became a full professor of mathematics by 1919. He devoted his attention chiefly to the history and pedagogy of mathematics.[verification needed ]
Karpinski served as the president of the History of Science Society from 1943 to 1944.[ 5]
Books
An authority on the history of science, Karpinski was collaborator on the Archivo di Storia della Scienza and author of The Hindu-Arabic Numerals [ 6] with David Eugene Smith (1911), Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of the Algebra of Al-Khowarizmi (1915), and
Unified Mathematics with Harry Yandell Benedict and John William Calhoun (1913).
The Hindu-Arabic Numerals (with David Eugene Smith). Boston: Ginn and Company, 1911.
Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of the Algebra of Al-Khowarizmi , with an Introduction, Critical Notes and an English Version. New York: Macmillan Co., 1915.
Mathematical Pamphlets (n.p.): (n.p.), 1915.
Unified Mathematics (with Harry Y. Benedict and John W. Calhoun). Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1918 and 1922.
The History of Arithmetic Chicago: Rand McNally and Co., 1925.
Bibliography of the Printed Maps of Michigan, 1804–1880 . Lansing: Michigan Historical Commission, 1931.
Historical Atlas of the Great Lakes and Michigan . Lansing: Michigan Historical Commission, 1931.
Bibliography of Mathematical Works Printed in America through 1850 . Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1940.
See also
References
^ a b c Who's who in Polish America. (1943). United States: Harbinger House. p. 195
^ Jones, Phillip S. (1956). "Louis C. Karpinski, Historian of Mathematics" . Science . 124 (3210): 19. Bibcode :1956Sci...124...19J . doi :10.1126/science.124.3210.19 . PMID 17787853 .
^ 1900 US Federal Census, New York, Oswego, Oswego Ward 3, District 123, Page 7
^ Obituary of Marie Engesser Karpinski, Oswego Daily Times, August 15, 1904.
^ The History of Science Society "The Society: Past Presidents of the History of Science Society" Archived 2013-12-12 at the Wayback Machine , accessed 4 December 2013
^ McKelvey, J. V. (1915). "Book Review: The Hindu-Arabic Numerals " . Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society . 21 (4): 202–204. doi :10.1090/S0002-9904-1915-02609-1 .
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Gilman, D. C. ; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
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