Pingree graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts in 1950. He studied at Harvard University, where he earned his doctorate in 1960 with a dissertation on the supposed transmission of Hellenistic astrology to India. His dissertation was supervised by Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls, Sr. and Otto Eduard Neugebauer.[2] After completing his PhD, Pingree remained at Harvard for three more years as a member of its Society of Fellows before moving to the University of Chicago to accept the position of Research Associate at the Oriental Institute.
He joined the History of Mathematics Department at Brown University in 1971, eventually holding the chair until his death.[3]
As successor to Otto Neugebauer (1899–1990) in Brown's History of Mathematics Department (which Neugebauer established in 1947), Pingree numbered among his colleagues men of extraordinary learning, including Abraham Sachs and Gerald Toomer.[4][5][6]
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Jon McGinnis of the University of Missouri, St. Louis, describes Pingree's life-work thus:
... Pingree devoted himself to the study of the exact sciences, such as mathematics, mathematical astronomy and astral omens. He was also acutely interested in the transmission of those sciences across cultural and linguistic boundaries. His interest in the transmission of the exact sciences came from two fronts or, perhaps more correctly, his interest represents two sides of the same coin. On the one hand, he was concerned with how one culture might appropriate, and so alter, the science of another (earlier) culture in order to make that earlier scientific knowledge more accessible to the recipient culture. On the other hand, Pingree was also interested in how scientific texts surviving from a later culture might be used to reconstruct or cast light on our fragmentary records of earlier sciences. In this quest, Pingree would, with equal facility use ancient Greek works to clarify Babylonian texts on divination, turn to Arabic treatises to illuminate early Greek astronomical and astrological texts, seek Sanskrit texts to explain Arabic astronomy, or track the appearance of Indian astronomy in medieval Europe.[7]
In June 2007, the Brown University Library acquired Pingree's personal collection of scholarly materials. The collection focuses on the study of mathematics and exact sciences in the ancient world, especially India, and the relationship of Eastern mathematics to the development of mathematics and related disciplines in the West. The collection contains some 22,000 volumes, 700 fascicles, and a number of manuscripts. The holdings consist of both antiquarian and recent materials published in Sanskrit, Arabic, Hindi, Persian and Western languages.[8]
^"Memorial" 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Bulletin of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Toke Lindegaard Knudsen, pp. 5–6
^Jon McGinnis (University of Missouri, St. Louis), Remembering David E. Pingree. The International Society for the History of Arabic/Islamic Science and Philosophy website. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
^"Brown University Library Acquires Collection of David E. Pingree"
^"David E. Pingree: An Unpublished Autobiography" 2010-06-14 at the Wayback Machine, William M. Calder III and Stephan Heilen
^Dhavale, D. G. (1984). "The Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja by David Pingree". Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute. 65 (1/4): 266–267. JSTOR 41693124.
^Rocher, Ludo (March 1980). "The Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja by David Pingree". Isis. 71 (1): 173–174. doi:10.1086/352443. JSTOR 230349.
Memorial by Toke Lindegaard Knudsen in the Bulletin of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (pp. 5–6)
Death notice in the Brown Daily Herald
"An Indiana Jones of Mathematics" in the George Street Journal
A collection of PDFs of some texts used by Dr. Pingree and his students, including a copy of a Heiberg edition of the Almagest used by Dr. Pingree himself: http://www.wilbourhall.org
April 27, 2024
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This article is about the professor at Brown University For the merchant and landowner see David Pingree merchant David Edwin Pingree January 2 1933 New Haven Connecticut November 11 2005 Providence Rhode Island was an American historian of mathematics in the ancient world He was a University Professor and Professor of History of Mathematics and Classics at Brown University 1 David Edwin PingreeBorn 1933 01 02 January 2 1933New Haven Connecticut U S DiedNovember 11 2005 2005 11 11 aged 72 Providence Rhode Island U S Academic workDisciplineHistory of ScienceInstitutionsBrown UniversityCornell University Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Awards 4 Selected works 5 References 6 Sources and external linksLife editPingree graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts in 1950 He studied at Harvard University where he earned his doctorate in 1960 with a dissertation on the supposed transmission of Hellenistic astrology to India His dissertation was supervised by Daniel Henry Holmes Ingalls Sr and Otto Eduard Neugebauer 2 After completing his PhD Pingree remained at Harvard for three more years as a member of its Society of Fellows before moving to the University of Chicago to accept the position of Research Associate at the Oriental Institute He joined the History of Mathematics Department at Brown University in 1971 eventually holding the chair until his death 3 As successor to Otto Neugebauer 1899 1990 in Brown s History of Mathematics Department which Neugebauer established in 1947 Pingree numbered among his colleagues men of extraordinary learning including Abraham Sachs and Gerald Toomer 4 5 6 Career editJon McGinnis of the University of Missouri St Louis describes Pingree s life work thus Pingree devoted himself to the study of the exact sciences such as mathematics mathematical astronomy and astral omens He was also acutely interested in the transmission of those sciences across cultural and linguistic boundaries His interest in the transmission of the exact sciences came from two fronts or perhaps more correctly his interest represents two sides of the same coin On the one hand he was concerned with how one culture might appropriate and so alter the science of another earlier culture in order to make that earlier scientific knowledge more accessible to the recipient culture On the other hand Pingree was also interested in how scientific texts surviving from a later culture might be used to reconstruct or cast light on our fragmentary records of earlier sciences In this quest Pingree would with equal facility use ancient Greek works to clarify Babylonian texts on divination turn to Arabic treatises to illuminate early Greek astronomical and astrological texts seek Sanskrit texts to explain Arabic astronomy or track the appearance of Indian astronomy in medieval Europe 7 In June 2007 the Brown University Library acquired Pingree s personal collection of scholarly materials The collection focuses on the study of mathematics and exact sciences in the ancient world especially India and the relationship of Eastern mathematics to the development of mathematics and related disciplines in the West The collection contains some 22 000 volumes 700 fascicles and a number of manuscripts The holdings consist of both antiquarian and recent materials published in Sanskrit Arabic Hindi Persian and Western languages 8 Awards editRecipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1975 and a MacArthur Fellowship in 1981 he was a member of the Society of Fellows at Harvard the American Philosophical Society and the Institute for Advanced Study he was also A D White Professor at Large at Cornell University from 1995 9 Selected works edit1968 Albumasaris de revolutionibus nativitatum Teubner Leipzig 1970 Census of the Exact Sciences in Sanskrit 5 volumes American Philosophical Society Philadelphia 1973 Hephaestionis Thebani Apotelesmaticorum libri III vol I Teubner Leipzig 1974 Hephaestionis Thebani Apotelesmaticorum epitomae IV vol II Teubner Leipzig 1976 Dorothei Sidonii carmen astrologicum Teubner Leipzig 1978 The Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja 2 volumes Harvard Oriental Series 48 10 11 1986 Vettii Valentis Antiocheni Anthologiarum Libri IX Teubner Leipzig 1997 edited with Charles Burnett The Liber Aristotilis of Hugo of Santalla Warburg Institute Surveys and Texts 26 London 2002 with Takanori Kusuba Arabic Astronomy in Sanskrit Al Birjandi on Tadhkira II Chapter 11 and its Sanskrit Translation Brill Leiden 2005 with Erica Reiner Babylonian Planetary Omens Brill Leiden See the Worldcat listing for further titles Articles in dictionaries and encyclopedias Pingree D Brunner C J Astrology and astronomy in Iran Encyclopaedia Iranica Astrology Britannica 12 Astrology The Dictionary of the History of Ideas 1973 74 References edit In Memoriam Mathematical Association of America David Pingree at the Mathematics Genealogy Project A brief history of the Department Wilbour Hall Remembering David E Pingree Archived 2006 09 04 at the Wayback Machine Jon McGinnis Inside Higher Ed s News www insidehighered com Retrieved 2021 04 11 Memorial Archived 2007 09 27 at the Wayback Machine Bulletin of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics Toke Lindegaard Knudsen pp 5 6 Jon McGinnis University of Missouri St Louis Remembering David E Pingree The International Society for the History of Arabic Islamic Science and Philosophy website Retrieved 26 October 2011 Brown University Library Acquires Collection of David E Pingree David E Pingree An Unpublished Autobiography Archived 2010 06 14 at the Wayback Machine William M Calder III and Stephan Heilen Dhavale D G 1984 The Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja by David Pingree Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 65 1 4 266 267 JSTOR 41693124 Rocher Ludo March 1980 The Yavanajataka of Sphujidhvaja by David Pingree Isis 71 1 173 174 doi 10 1086 352443 JSTOR 230349 David E Pingree ContributorSources and external links editMemorial by Kim Plofker and Bernard R Goldstein in Aestimatio http www ircps org aestimatio 2 70 71 Memorial by Toke Lindegaard Knudsen in the Bulletin of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics https web archive org web 20070927032441 http faculty umf maine edu molinsky cshpm Bulletin 38 2006 pdf pp 5 6 Death notice in the Brown Daily Herald https web archive org web 20070929104430 http www browndailyherald com home index cfm event displayArticle amp uStory id 47d666ba 15db 402b bd71 a539c61b03c5 An Indiana Jones of Mathematics in the George Street Journal https web archive org web 20080516054525 http www brown edu Administration George Street Journal Pingree html A collection of PDFs of some texts used by Dr Pingree and his students including a copy of a Heiberg edition of the Almagest used by Dr Pingree himself http www wilbourhall org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Pingree amp oldid 1219530636, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
