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Alan Shapiro

Professor

354C Tate, 624-5770, email ashapiro @ physics.umn.edu

Current Research

My research area is the history of the physical sciences from antiquity to the early 19th century. I specialize in the history of optics from the 16th to 19th centuries and am working on the final two volumes of an edition of Isaac Newton's optical papers. I am also interested in the historical development of scientific methodology and the interaction of science, technology, and art in the problem of color.

Education

Ph.D. History of Science, Yale, 1970.
M.Phil., History of Science, Yale, 1969.
M.S., Physics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1965.
B.S., Physics, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1962.