Glen Van Brummelen
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Glen Van Brummelen is a Canadian historian of mathematics specializing in historical applications of mathematics to astronomy.
Van Brummelen earned his PhD
degree from Simon Fraser University
in 1993, and served as a professor of mathematics at Bennington College
from 1999 to 2006. He then transferred to Quest University Canada as a founding faculty member.
He is a former president of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, and was a co-editor of Mathematics and the Historian's Craft: The Kenneth O. May Lectures (Springer, 2005).
Glen Van Brummelen has published the first major history in English of the origins and early development of trigonometry, The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry. He is also currently working on the first book on spherical trigonometry
in over 50 years.
Van Brummelen earned his PhD
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
degree from Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
in 1993, and served as a professor of mathematics at Bennington College
Bennington College
Bennington College is a liberal arts college located in Bennington, Vermont, USA. The college was founded in 1932 as a women's college and became co-educational in 1969.-History:-Early years:...
from 1999 to 2006. He then transferred to Quest University Canada as a founding faculty member.
He is a former president of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, and was a co-editor of Mathematics and the Historian's Craft: The Kenneth O. May Lectures (Springer, 2005).
Glen Van Brummelen has published the first major history in English of the origins and early development of trigonometry, The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth: The Early History of Trigonometry. He is also currently working on the first book on spherical trigonometry
Spherical trigonometry
Spherical trigonometry is a branch of spherical geometry which deals with polygons on the sphere and the relationships between the sides and the angles...
in over 50 years.