Corry Leo, Cohn Institute


Short Curriculum Vitae (highlights):


1977: Licenciatura en Matematicas - Universidad Simon Bolivar, Caracas, Venezuela.
1983: M. Sc., Pure Mathematics - Tel Aviv University, Israel.
1990: Ph.D, History and Philosophy of Science - Tel Aviv University, Israel.
1990-91: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Edelstein Center, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.
1994-95: Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Wissenschaftsgechichte, Berlin.
1995-96: Senior visiting fellow, Dibner Institute For History of Science, MIT, Cambridge, MA.


Major publications (books and major articles):


Book:
Modern Algebra and the Rise of Mathematical Structures, Science Networks Vol. 17, Basel and Boston, Birkhauser Verlag (1996).

Articles (selection):
1. “David Hilbert: Geometry and Physics”, in J.J. Gray (ed.) Geometry and Physics: 1900-1930, Oxford, Oxford University Press (1998). (Forthcoming)
2. “Hermann Minkowksi and the Principle of Relativity”, Archive for History of Exact Science 52, (1998). (Forthcoming)
3. “David Hilbert and the Axiomatization of Physics (1894-1905)”, Archive for History of Exact Science 51, (1997).
4. “Axiomática Moderna y Algebra Estructural”, Mathesis 12 (1996): 1-56.
5. “Kuhnian Issues, Scientific Revolutions and the History of Mathematics”, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 24 (1993): 95-117.
6. “Nicolas Bourbaki and the Concept of Mathematical Structure”, Synthese 92 (1992): 315-348.
7. “Jorge Borges: Author of ‘The Name of the Rose’”, Poetics Today 13 (1992): 425-445.


Teaches in the following subject areas:


History and Philosophy of Mathematics: introductory courses of various kinds for mathematics majors, graduate students in history and philosophy of science with little or no background in natural sciences, and high-school teachers. Advanced seminars for graduate students in history and philosophy of science, with special attention to late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century mathematics.

Key Words: History of Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Modern Mathematics


Areas of current research interest:


History of Modern Mathematics, with special interest in two areas:
1. The rise of structural algebra
2. Mathematics and Physics in Goettingen: David Hilbert and his collaborators.


Key Words: Modern Algebra, Bourbaki, Structures, Hilbert, General Relativity, Goettingen

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