Dr Deborah Kent

Senior Lecturer in History of Mathematics

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3739

Email

dk89@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

PhD supervision

• Kate Hindle

Selected publications

• Open access

  A source list to support DEI/EDI work in mathematical sciences

  Kent, D., Aebischer, E. & Neave, S., 1 Mar 2024, In: Notices of the American Mathematical Society. 71, 3, p. 355-359

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Eclipsed by history: underrecognized contributions to early british solar eclipse expeditions

  Beckles, J. & Kent, D., 24 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Notes and Records of the Royal Society. Ahead of Print, 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Mathématiques pratiques et éloquence latine: De Arte Supputandi (1522), premier livre de mathématiques imprimé en Angleterre

  Kent, D., Reed, A., Morel, T. & Preveraud, T., 11 Sept 2023, Images des Mathématiques.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Molluscs and mathematics: the collaboration of Ronald Winckworth and D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson

  Kent, D., Jul 2023, Mollusc World.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

• Chasing change: the lasting legacy of India's 1871 eclipse

  Briers, M., Billina, M. & Kent, D., Feb 2022, In: Astronomy & Geophysics. 63, 1, p. 1.24-1.29 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Einstein, Eddington, e o/and the eclipse: impressões de viagem/travel impressions

  Kent, D., 12 Apr 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal for the History of Mathematics. Latest Articles, 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• Open access

  The bicentennial of the Royal Astronomical Society

  Kent, D., 19 Dec 2022, In: Physics Today.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

• American Mathematics 1890-1913: Catching up with Europe

  Kent, D., 2020, In: Notices of the American Mathematical Society. p. 701-705

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

• Celestial background of 1869 eclipse Reply

  Kent, D., 1 Jun 2020, In: Physics Today. 73, 6, p. 12-12 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

• Des frontières de la civilisation à l'Institute for Advanced Study: comment The Analyst devint les Annals of Mathematics

  Kent, D. & Eckes, C. (Translator), Jul 2020, In: La Gazette des Mathématiciens. 165, p. 37-46 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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