McCague, Hugh -

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Personal Information
First Name: 
Hugh
Last Name: 
McCague
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Institute for Social Research
University Affiliation: 
York University
Phone: 
4167362100
Extension: 
33944
Email Address: 
hmccague@yorku.ca
Area of Research
Subject: 
Mathematics
Technology
Geographical Region: 
Great Britain
Europe
Time Period: 
Ancient
Medieval
Specific Area of Research: 
ancient and medieval art, architecture and mathematics; historical metrology, mathematical and metrological methods of ancient and medieval craftspersons
Academics
PHD Program: 
Environmental Studies
PHD University: 
York University
PHD Date: 
2000
Major Publications: 
"Learning from the Medieval Master Masons: A Geometric Journey through the Labyrinth" in Historical Models in the Mathematics Classroom. Ed. Amy Shell-Gellasch. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America. 2007. 1-15. "Learning from the Roman Land Surveyors: A Mathematical Field Exercise" in Historical Models in the Mathematics Classroom. Ed. Amy Shell-Gellasch. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America. 2007. 105-114. "The Method of Equal Altitudes or the Indian Circle." Bulletin of the British Sundial Society 19.IV (2007): 164-171. "The Mathematics of the Canon of Polykleitos, an Exemplar of Greek High Classical Sculpture and Western Culture." Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics 19 (2006): 178-187.
Membership in Academic Societies: 
Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Courses Taught: 
Methods in Environmental Studies