Amy Shell-Gellasch

Amy Shell-Gellasch is a mathematician, historian of mathematics, and book author. She has written or edited the books

Algebra in Context: Introductory Algebra from Origins to Applications (with J. B. Thoo, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)^[1]
In Service to Mathematics: The Life and Work of Mina Rees (Docent Press, 2011)^[2]
Mathematical Time Capsules: Historical Modules for the Mathematics Classroom (ed. with Dick Jardine, MAA Notes 77, Mathematical Association of America, 2010)^[3]
Hands on History: A Resource for Teaching Mathematics (ed., MAA Notes 72, Mathematical Association of America, 2007)^[4]
From Calculus to Computers: Using the Last 200 Years of Mathematics History in the Classroom (ed. with Dick Jardine, MAA Notes 68, Mathematical Association of America, 2005)^[5]

Her article "The Spirograph & mathematical models from 19th-century Germany" (Math. Horizons 2015) was selected for inclusion in The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016.^[6]

Shell-Gellasch earned a doctorate (D.A.) from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2000, with a dissertation that became her book on Mina Rees.^[7] She is an associate professor of mathematics at Montgomery College in Maryland.^[8] She has also served as the archivist for the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics.^[9]

References

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Reviews of Algebra in Context:
- Schulte, Tom (January 2016), "Review", MAA Reviews
- Baylis, John (February 2017), The Mathematical Gazette, 101 (550): 177–179, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.42, S2CID 165091906{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Stewart, Cindia (January 2018), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 8 (1): 432–440, doi:10.5642/jhummath.201801.21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
^
Reviews of In Service to Mathematics:
- Gray, Jeremy (2012), Mathematical Reviews, MR 2883650{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Stenger, Allen (April 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews
- Keen, Linda (September–October 2012), "Review" (PDF), AWM Newsletter, 42 (5), archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-10, retrieved 2018-09-10
^
Review of Mathematical Time Capsules:
- Klyve, Dominic (August 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews
^
Reviews of Hands on History:
- Arney, Chris (Spring 2008), "Review", Mathematics and Computer Education, 42 (2): 167–168
- Nissen, Phillip (November 2008), The Mathematics Teacher, 102 (4): 319, JSTOR 20876355{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Allaire, Patricia R. (August 2009), Historia Mathematica, 36 (3): 291–292, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2009.01.003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
^
Reviews of From Calculus to Computers:
- Posamentier, Alfred S. (September 2006), The Mathematics Teacher, 100 (2): 157–158, JSTOR 27972158{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Katz, Victor J. (May 2007), Historia Mathematica, 34 (2): 236–238, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2006.07.002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
- Bultheel, Adhemar (2008), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, 15 (3): 569
^ "Contents", The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016, De Gruyter, 2016, ISBN 9781400885602
^ MR 2700978
^ Dr. Amy Shell-Gellasch to Give a Public Lecture at National Museum of Mathematics in New York City, Montgomery College, January 26, 2017, retrieved 2018-09-09
^ Van Brummelen, Glen; Kinyon, Michael (2005), Mathematics and the historian's craft, CMS Books in Mathematics, vol. 21, New York: Springer, p. 3, doi:10.1007/0-387-28272-6, ISBN 978-0387-25284-1, MR 2156756

[aic-1] Reviews of Algebra in Context:
Schulte, Tom (January 2016), "Review", MAA Reviews

Baylis, John (February 2017), The Mathematical Gazette, 101 (550): 177–179, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.42, S2CID 165091906{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Stewart, Cindia (January 2018), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 8 (1): 432–440, doi:10.5642/jhummath.201801.21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[2] Schulte, Tom (January 2016), "Review", MAA Reviews

[3] Baylis, John (February 2017), The Mathematical Gazette, 101 (550): 177–179, doi:10.1017/mag.2017.42, S2CID 165091906{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[4] Stewart, Cindia (January 2018), Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 8 (1): 432–440, doi:10.5642/jhummath.201801.21{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[rees-2] Reviews of In Service to Mathematics:
Gray, Jeremy (2012), Mathematical Reviews, MR 2883650{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Stenger, Allen (April 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews

Keen, Linda (September–October 2012), "Review" (PDF), AWM Newsletter, 42 (5), archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-10, retrieved 2018-09-10

[6] Gray, Jeremy (2012), Mathematical Reviews, MR 2883650{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[7] Stenger, Allen (April 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews

[8] Keen, Linda (September–October 2012), "Review" (PDF), AWM Newsletter, 42 (5), archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-10, retrieved 2018-09-10

[mtc-3] Review of Mathematical Time Capsules:
Klyve, Dominic (August 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews

[10] Klyve, Dominic (August 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews

[hoh-4] Reviews of Hands on History:
Arney, Chris (Spring 2008), "Review", Mathematics and Computer Education, 42 (2): 167–168

Nissen, Phillip (November 2008), The Mathematics Teacher, 102 (4): 319, JSTOR 20876355{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Allaire, Patricia R. (August 2009), Historia Mathematica, 36 (3): 291–292, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2009.01.003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[12] Arney, Chris (Spring 2008), "Review", Mathematics and Computer Education, 42 (2): 167–168

[13] Nissen, Phillip (November 2008), The Mathematics Teacher, 102 (4): 319, JSTOR 20876355{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[14] Allaire, Patricia R. (August 2009), Historia Mathematica, 36 (3): 291–292, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2009.01.003{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[c2c-5] Reviews of From Calculus to Computers:
Posamentier, Alfred S. (September 2006), The Mathematics Teacher, 100 (2): 157–158, JSTOR 27972158{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Katz, Victor J. (May 2007), Historia Mathematica, 34 (2): 236–238, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2006.07.002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

Bultheel, Adhemar (2008), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, 15 (3): 569

[16] Posamentier, Alfred S. (September 2006), The Mathematics Teacher, 100 (2): 157–158, JSTOR 27972158{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[17] Katz, Victor J. (May 2007), Historia Mathematica, 34 (2): 236–238, doi:10.1016/j.hm.2006.07.002{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

[18] Bultheel, Adhemar (2008), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, 15 (3): 569

[best-6] "Contents", The Best Writing on Mathematics 2016, De Gruyter, 2016, ISBN 9781400885602

[diss-7] MR 2700978

[momath-8] Dr. Amy Shell-Gellasch to Give a Public Lecture at National Museum of Mathematics in New York City, Montgomery College, January 26, 2017, retrieved 2018-09-09

[mhc-9] Van Brummelen, Glen; Kinyon, Michael (2005), Mathematics and the historian's craft, CMS Books in Mathematics, vol. 21, New York: Springer, p. 3, doi:10.1007/0-387-28272-6, ISBN 978-0387-25284-1, MR 2156756

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