Annette Imhausen facts for kids
Annette Imhausen (born June 12, 1970) is a German expert who studies the history of mathematics. She is especially known for her work on how people in Ancient Egypt used math. She teaches as a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt.
Education and Career
Annette Imhausen studied several subjects at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. She learned about mathematics, chemistry, and Egyptology (the study of ancient Egypt). She finished her first studies in 1996.
Later, she continued to study Egyptology and also Assyriology (the study of ancient Mesopotamia) at Freie Universität Berlin. In 2002, she earned her doctorate degree, which is a very high academic degree, in the history of mathematics from Mainz.
After her studies, she worked at the Dibner Institute for the History of Science and Technology in Cambridge, USA. From 2003 to 2006, she was a special researcher at the University of Cambridge in England.
She then returned to Mainz and worked as an assistant professor from 2006 to 2008. In 2009, she became a full professor at Frankfurt University.
Her Work and Books
Annette Imhausen has appeared in the BBC TV series The Story of Maths, where she shared her knowledge about mathematics history.
Her first major book, which was based on her doctorate research, was published in 2002. It was about how ancient Egyptians used math to solve problems. The title was Ägyptische Algorithmen. Eine Untersuchung zu den mittelägyptischen mathematischen Aufgabentexten.
She also wrote another important book called Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History, which came out in 2016. This book helps us understand how math was used in the daily lives of people in ancient Egypt.
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