Ana Millán Gasca

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Millán and the second or maternal family name is Gasca.

Ana María Millán Gasca (born 1964) is a Spanish historian of science, scholar of mathematics education, and book author. She works in Italy as a professor at Roma Tre University.[1]

Education and career

Millán was born in 1964 in Zaragosa, and has a 1990 PhD in mathematical sciences from the University of Zaragoza. She joined Roma Tre in 2006, after previously teaching at the University of Zaragoza, the University of La Rioja, the University of L'Aquila, and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.[2]

At Roma Tre, she is a full professor in the department of science education,[1] where her laboratory focuses on primary-school mathematics education, especially for students with learning disabilities.[3]

Books

Millán's books include:[2]

• The Biology of Numbers: The Correspondence of Vito Volterra on Mathematical Biology (with Giorgio Israel, Birkhäuser, 2002)[4]
• Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models in the Evolution of Modern Engineering Systems: Controlling, Managing, Organizing (edited with Mario Lucertini and Fernando Nicolòm, Birkhäuser, 2004)[5]
• Euclides: La fuerza del razonamiento matemático (Nivola, 2004)
• All'inizio fu lo scriba: Piccola storia della matematica come strumento di conoscenza (Mimesis, 2004)
• Fabbriche, sistemi, organizzazioni: Storia dell’ingegneria industriale (Springer, 2006)[6]
• The World as a Mathematical Game: John von Neumann and Twentieth Century Science (with Giorgio Israel, Birkhäuser, 2009)[7]
• Pensare in matematica (with Giorgio Israel, Zanichelli, 2012)
• Numeri e forme: Didattica della matematica con i bambini (Zanichelli, 2016)
• I bambini e il pensiero scientifico (with Paola Magrone, Carocci, 2018)
• L'abc della matematica (Carocci, 2021)

Recognition

Millán has been a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science since 2012.[8]

References

1. "Prof.ssa ANA MARIA MILLAN GASCA", Persone (in Italian), Roma Tre University, retrieved 2024-05-19
2. Bio breve (PDF) (in Italian), Roma Tre University, 2020, retrieved 2024-05-19
3. Borja, Mercedes (24 September 2022), "Entrevista Ana Millán Gasca: "Para que la enseñanza sea inclusiva es necesario que algo cambie en las aulas ordinarias"", 20minutos (in Spanish), retrieved 2024-05-19
4. Reviews of The Biology of Numbers:
   • Michael A. B. Deakin, MR1891137
   • A. W. F. Edwards, Biometrics, doi:10.1111/1541-0420.00265
   • Sharon E. Kingsland, Annals of Science, doi:10.1080/00033790310001592863
   • Pradip Kumar Majumdar, Zbl 1010.01025
   • S. C. Russen, The Mathematical Gazette, doi:10.1017/S0025557200175801, JSTOR 3620922
5. Review of Technological Concepts and Mathematical Models: Fritz Krafft, Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, doi:10.1002/bewi.200490025
6. Review of Fabbriche, sistemi, organizzazioni: Michelangelo Vasta, Technology and Culture, doi:10.1353/tech.2008.0011, JSTOR 40061404
7. Reviews of The World as a Mathematical Game:
   • Leo Corry, Isis, doi:10.1086/660247, JSTOR 10.1086/660247
   • Pierre Dehez, Œconomia, doi:10.4000/oeconomia.1438
   • Nicola Giocoli, "John von Neumann's panmathematical view", History of Economic Ideas, JSTOR 23723793
   • Gerald A. Heuer, Zbl 1163.00007
   • Thomas Philip Wakefield, MR2680868
8. Membres correspondants et membres effectifs (in French), International Academy of the History of Science, retrieved 2024-05-19

External links

• Matematica per la formazione primaria, Millán's laboratory
• Ana Millán Gasca publications indexed by Google Scholar