Ana Millán Gasca
{{Short description|Spanish historian of science}}
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Ana María Millán Gasca (born 1964) is a Spanish historian of science, scholar of mathematics education, and book author. She works in Italy as a professor at Roma Tre University.{{r|r3}}
Education and career
Millán was born in 1964 in Zaragosa, and has a 1990 PhD in mathematical sciences from the University of Zaragoza. She joined Roma Tre in 2006, after previously teaching at the University of Zaragoza, the University of La Rioja, the University of L'Aquila, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.{{r|bb}}
At Roma Tre, she is a full professor in the department of science education,{{r|r3}} where her laboratory focuses on primary-school mathematics education, especially for students with learning disabilities.{{r|20min}}
Books
Millán's books include:{{r|bb}}
- The Biology of Numbers: The Correspondence of Vito Volterra on Mathematical Biology (with Giorgio Israel, Birkhäuser, 2002){{r|bon}}
- Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering Systems: Controlling, Managing, Organizing (edited with Mario Lucertini and Fernando Nicolòm, Birkhäuser, 2004){{r|tcm}}
- Euclides: La fuerza del razonamiento matemático (Nivola, 2004)
- All'inizio fu lo scriba: Piccola storia della matematica come strumento di conoscenza (Mimesis, 2004)
- Fabbriche, sistemi, organizzazioni: Storia dell’ingegneria industriale (Springer, 2006){{r|fso}}
- The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science (with Giorgio Israel, Birkhäuser, 2009){{r|wmg}}
- Pensare in matematica (with Giorgio Israel, Zanichelli, 2012)
- Numeri e forme: Didattica della matematica con i bambini (Zanichelli, 2016)
- I bambini e il pensiero scientifico (with Paola Magrone, Carocci, 2018)
- L'abc della matematica (Carocci, 2021)
Recognition
Millán has been a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science since 2012.{{r|iahs}}
References
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Reviews of The Biology of Numbers:
- Michael A. B. Deakin, {{MR|1891137}}
- A. W. F. Edwards, Biometrics, {{doi|10.1111/1541-0420.00265}}
- Sharon E. Kingsland, Annals of Science, {{doi|10.1080/00033790310001592863}}
- Pradip Kumar Majumdar, {{zbl|1010.01025}}
- S. C. Russen, The Mathematical Gazette, {{doi|10.1017/S0025557200175801}}, {{JSTOR|3620922}}
Review of Fabbriche, sistemi, organizzazioni:
Michelangelo Vasta, Technology and Culture, {{doi|10.1353/tech.2008.0011}}, {{JSTOR|40061404}}
Review of Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models:
Fritz Krafft, Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, {{doi|10.1002/bewi.200490025}}
Reviews of The World as a Mathematical Game:
- Leo Corry, Isis, {{doi|10.1086/660247}}, {{JSTOR|10.1086/660247}}
- Pierre Dehez, Œconomia, {{doi|10.4000/oeconomia.1438}}
- Nicola Giocoli, "John von Neumann's panmathematical view", History of Economic Ideas, {{JSTOR|23723793}}
- Gerald A. Heuer, {{zbl|1163.00007}}
- Thomas Philip Wakefield, {{MR|2680868}}
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External links
- [http://www.mat.uniroma3.it/users/primaria/ Matematica per la formazione primaria], Millán's laboratory
- {{Google Scholar id|p1YjBPYAAAAJ}}
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Category:Spanish women historians
Category:Historians of science
Category:University of Zaragoza alumni
Category:Academic staff of the University of Zaragoza
Category:Academic staff of the University of L'Aquila
Category:Academic staff of the University of Rome Tor Vergata