Mahoney was born in
New York City, and did his undergraduate studies at
Harvard University, graduating in 1960. He earned a Ph.D. in history and history of science from
Princeton University in 1967, and immediately took a position as an assistant professor there. He remained at Princeton for over 40 years, until his death in 2008.[1][2][3]
A conference on the history of science and technology was held in his honor at Princeton in May 2009.[4]
Fermat biography
Mahoney's biography of
Pierre de Fermat received much critical attention[5][6][7] including a scathing review by
André Weil in 1973.[8][9][10] A second edition of Mahoney's book came out in 1994.
Selected publications
Mahoney, Michael Sean, The mathematical career of Pierre de Fermat. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1973. 2nd edition, 1994,
ISBN0-691-03666-7
Mahoney, Michael S., Barrow's mathematics: between ancients and moderns. Before Newton, 179–249, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1990.
Mahoney, Michael, S. and Thomas Haigh (editor). Histories of Computing. Harvard Univ. Press. 2011. Completed posthumously.
^William Aspray, "Michael Sean Mahoney (1939-2008)", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol.36, no. 3, pp. 70-79, July-Sept. 2014, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2014.41
^Gridgeman, N. T. (1976), "The Mathematical Praeface to the Elements of Geometrie of Euclid to Megara (1570) by John Dee; The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) by Michael Sean Mahoney", The American Historical Review, 81 (4): 840–841,
doi:
10.2307/1864830,
JSTOR1864830.
^Ouwendijk, George (1997), "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665. by Michael Sean Mahoney", Renaissance Quarterly, 50 (1): 334–335,
doi:
10.2307/3039384,
JSTOR3039384.
Michael S. Mahoney papers.
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. 38 boxes of Mahoney's books and serials related to the history of computing, mathematics, and related fields; and 17 boxes of Mahoney's archival materials, including course work, subject files, and publication drafts.
Mahoney was born in
New York City, and did his undergraduate studies at
Harvard University, graduating in 1960. He earned a Ph.D. in history and history of science from
Princeton University in 1967, and immediately took a position as an assistant professor there. He remained at Princeton for over 40 years, until his death in 2008.[1][2][3]
A conference on the history of science and technology was held in his honor at Princeton in May 2009.[4]
Fermat biography
Mahoney's biography of
Pierre de Fermat received much critical attention[5][6][7] including a scathing review by
André Weil in 1973.[8][9][10] A second edition of Mahoney's book came out in 1994.
Selected publications
Mahoney, Michael Sean, The mathematical career of Pierre de Fermat. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., 1973. 2nd edition, 1994,
ISBN0-691-03666-7
Mahoney, Michael S., Barrow's mathematics: between ancients and moderns. Before Newton, 179–249, Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 1990.
Mahoney, Michael, S. and Thomas Haigh (editor). Histories of Computing. Harvard Univ. Press. 2011. Completed posthumously.
^William Aspray, "Michael Sean Mahoney (1939-2008)", IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol.36, no. 3, pp. 70-79, July-Sept. 2014, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2014.41
^Gridgeman, N. T. (1976), "The Mathematical Praeface to the Elements of Geometrie of Euclid to Megara (1570) by John Dee; The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) by Michael Sean Mahoney", The American Historical Review, 81 (4): 840–841,
doi:
10.2307/1864830,
JSTOR1864830.
^Ouwendijk, George (1997), "The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665. by Michael Sean Mahoney", Renaissance Quarterly, 50 (1): 334–335,
doi:
10.2307/3039384,
JSTOR3039384.
Michael S. Mahoney papers.
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. 38 boxes of Mahoney's books and serials related to the history of computing, mathematics, and related fields; and 17 boxes of Mahoney's archival materials, including course work, subject files, and publication drafts.