Education University of São Paulo | Award Kenneth O. May Prize | |
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Born December 8, 1932 (age 84) ( 1932-12-08 ) São Paulo Alma mater University of São Paulo Known for Ethnomathematics, Ethnomathematics Program Awards Kenneth O. May Prize (2001), Felix Klein Medal (2005) Books Ethnomathematics: Link Between Traditions and Modernity Similar NILSON JOSE MACHADO, Sal Restivo, Joseph Rotblat | ||
Ubirat n d ambrosio
Ubiratan D'Ambrosio (born December 8, 1932 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian mathematics educator and historian of mathematics.
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Life
D'Ambrosio earned his doctorate from the University of São Paulo, Brazil in 1963. He retired as a professor of mathematics from the State University of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil in 1993 having behind him an impressive career as teacher, administrator, council member of many societies, including Pugwash, and writer, and he also found time to serve the International Commission on the History of Mathematics (ICHM) for five years. D'Ambrosio is the founder of the Brazilian Society for Mathematics and History of the International Group of Ethnomathematicians. Here he also deals specifically with the history of mathematics in the context of the colonization process.