Jones, Alexander - History

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Alexander
Nom: 
Jones
Autre: 
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
Affiliation universitaire: 
Unaffiliated
Phone: 
2129927816
Extension: 
New York University
Email Address: 
alexander.jones@nyu.edu
Area of Research
Objet: 
Physics
Mathematics
Région géographique: 
Greece
Near East
Champ d'études: 
Mathematical and physical sciences and pseudosciences in antiquity, Middle Ages, and early modern Europe. Current work concerns astronomy and astrology in the ancient Near East and the Greek world, the scientific work of Ptolemy, and Greek mathematical sciences in general. Papyrology, manuscript traditions and textual criticism.
Academics
PHD Program: 
History of Mathematics
PHD University: 
Brown University
PHD Date: 
1985
Major Publications: 
(edited) Ptolemy in Perspective: Use and Criticism of his Work from Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Archimedes. (Forthcoming.) (with J. L. Berggren) Ptolemy's Geography: The Theoretical Chapters. Princeton University Press (2000). 232 pp. Astronomical Papyri from Oxyrhynchus. Philadelphia (1999). Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 233. 2 vols. in 1, xii + 368 pp., 471 pp. (with M. W. Haslam, F. Maltomini, M. L. West, and others) The Oxyrhynchus Papyri Volume LXV. London, 1998. Egypt Exploration Society, Graeco-Roman Memoirs 85. 212 pp. Ptolemy
Membre des sociétés académiques: 
HSS, CSHPM, AIHS, Classical Association of Canada, Egypt Exploration Society
Courses Taught: 
Science in Antiquity, Ancient Astronomy, various graduate seminars on specific topics