I am working at the University of Wuppertal, in the Faculty of mathematics and natural sciences. My research focuses on the history of mathematical practices and mathematical eduction in the modern period. More generally, I am interested in the history the history of scientific institutions and policies, as well as the social and economic roles of quantification.
My current research project, Mathematics and University in the Age of Enlightenment, analyses the teaching of mathematical sciences in universities of the Holy Roman Empire during the 18th century. Funded by the German science fundation (DFG), it aims at collecting and analyzing the lecture cataloges to offer a complete overview of the academic teaching of mathematical sciences
I have previously worked extensively on underground geometry, a discipline that developed in mining regions during the early modern period. The resulting book, Underground Mathematics (Cambridge University Press, 2023), describes the production of quantified knowledge, its circulation and the craft culture that developed in early modern mining.
You can see here the list of my communications and publications on these topics.
De 2015 à 2025, j’ai fait partie du conseil d’administration de la Société française d’histoire des sciences, et en ai assumé la présidence de 2020 à 2024.
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