American ethnomathematician
Marcia Alper Ascher (April 23, 1935 – August 10, 2013) was an American mathematician, and a leader and pioneer inethnomathematics .[ 1] professor emerita of mathematics atIthaca College .[ 2] [ 3]
Ascher was born inNew York City , the daughter of a glazier and a secretary. She graduated fromQueens College, City University of New York in 1956,[ 2] Robert Ascher , an anthropologist graduating from Queens College in the same year.[ 2] [ 4]
They both became graduate students at theUniversity of California, Los Angeles ;[ 4] [ 2] Ithaca, New York , where he had found a faculty position atCornell University .[ 4]
She joined the mathematics department at Ithaca College in 1960, as one of the founders of the department.[ 1] [ 3] [ 1] [ 2]
She died on August 10, 2013.[ 5] [ 3]
With her husband, Ascher co-authored the bookCode of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu .[ 6] Ethnomathematics: A Multicultural View of Mathematical Ideas (Brooks/Cole, 1991)[ 7] Mathematics Elsewhere: An Exploration of Ideas across Cultures (Princeton University Press, 2002).[ 8] Mathematical Association of America has recommended the inclusion of all three books in undergraduate mathematics libraries.[ 9] Mathematics Elsewhere won an honorable mention in the 2002PROSE Awards in the mathematics and statistics category.[ 10]
^a b c Kelly, Marisa (July 24, 2013),"Professor Emerita Marcia Ascher Passes" ,Intercom , Ithaca College, retrievedAugust 30, 2024 ^a b c d e "Ascher, Marcia 1935-" ,Encyclopedia.com , Cengage, retrieved2020-03-05 ^a b c "Marcia Alper Ascher" ,Ithaca Journal , June 12, 2013 – via Legacy.com^a b c "Robert Ascher" ,Ithaca Journal , January 9, 2014 – via Legacy.com^ In memoriam Mathematical Association of America , archived fromthe original on 2020-09-22, retrieved2020-03-05 ^ Reviews ofCode of the Quipu :Sobel, Dava (August 4, 1981),"Science library" ,The New York Times Thompson, Donald E. (November–December 1981),Archaeology ,34 (6): 72,JSTOR 41728213 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Urton, Gary (May 21, 1982), "Inca encodements",Science 216 (4548):869– 870,doi :10.1126/science.216.4548.869 ,JSTOR 1687534 ,PMID 17819163 Restivo, Sal (June 1982),Isis 73 (2):296– 297,doi :10.1086/352998 ,JSTOR 231703 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )LeBlanc, Catherine J. (October 1982),American Antiquity 47 (4): 915,doi :10.2307/280304 ,JSTOR 280304 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Closs, M. P. (1983),Mathematical Reviews MR 0646063 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Niles, Susan A. (November 1983),American Ethnologist 10 (4):814– 815,doi :10.1525/ae.1983.10.4.02a00330 JSTOR 644085 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Tropp, Henry S. (July 1998),The Mathematical Gazette 82 (494):329– 330,doi :10.2307/3620440 ,JSTOR 3620440 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link ) ^ Reviews ofEthnomathematics :Morrison, Philip (August 1991), "Logic and strategy",Scientific American 265 (2):108– 110,JSTOR 24938694 Høyrup, Jens (1992),Mathematical Reviews MR 1095781 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Kidd, Dawn H.; Lamb, Charles E. (January 1992),The Mathematics Teacher 85 (1): 73,JSTOR 27967460 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Wilde, Carroll (March–April 1992),American Scientist 80 (2): 200,JSTOR 29774627 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Swetz, Frank (September 1992),The College Mathematics Journal 23 (4):353– 355,doi :10.2307/2686959 ,JSTOR 2686959 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Grabiner, Judith V. (March 1993),American Mathematical Monthly 100 (3):304– 308,doi :10.2307/2324476 ,JSTOR 2324476 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Hersh, Reuben (March 1993),SIAM Review 35 (1):151– 153,doi :10.1137/1035025 ,JSTOR 2132540 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Crump, Thomas (November 1994),American Ethnologist 21 (4):922– 923,doi :10.1525/ae.1994.21.4.02a00380 ,JSTOR 646871 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Berken, Bernadette Anne (1996),"Review" ,Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal ,14 , Article 13 Gouvêa, Fernando Q. (July 2009),"Review" ,MAA Reviews ,Mathematical Association of America ^ Reviews ofMathematics Elsewhere :Ninnemann, Olaf,zbMATH Zbl 1115.01003 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )O'Connor, John (October 2002), "Mathematics off the main line",Nature 419 (6907): 563,Bibcode :2002Natur.419..563O ,doi :10.1038/419563a S2CID 38250388 Selin, Helaine (November 1, 2002), "An inclusive perspective",Science 298 (5595):969– 970,doi :10.1126/science.1077975 ,JSTOR 3832880 ,S2CID 178391682 Gilsdorf, Thomas E. (2003),Mathematical Reviews MR 1918532 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Ashbacher, Charlie (January 2003),"Review" ,MAA Reviews ,Mathematical Association of America Davis, Philip J. (March 2003),"Is mathematics a unified whole?" (PDF) ,SIAM News 36 (2)Caniglia, Joanne (May 2003),Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School ,8 (9): 504,JSTOR 41181368 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Katz, Victor J. (May 2003),"Review" (PDF) ,Notices of the American Mathematical Society 50 (5):556– 560Crowe, Donald (September 2003),SIAM Review 45 (3):601– 602,JSTOR 25054440 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Schrock, Connie S. (November 2003),The Mathematics Teacher 96 (8): 605,JSTOR 20871446 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Leversha, Gerry (November 2003),The Mathematical Gazette 87 (510):600– 602,doi :10.1017/S0025557200174091 ,JSTOR 3621326 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Zeitlyn, David (September 2004),Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 10 (3): 717,JSTOR 3803813 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Cohen, Marion D. (October 2004),American Mathematical Monthly 111 (8):735– 738,doi :10.2307/4145063 ,JSTOR 4145063 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Seife, Charles (Winter 2003),The Wilson Quarterly 27 (1):124– 125,JSTOR 40260723 {{citation }}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link )Gosztonyi, Balázs (January 2006),"Review" (PDF) ,Mathematical Spectrum 38 (2):94– 95 ^ Code of the Quipu: A Study in Media, Mathematics, and Culture Mathematical Association of America , retrieved2020-03-05 Ashbacher (2003) andGouvêa (2009) ^ "2002 Award Winners" ,PROSE Awards
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