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Karen Hunger Parshall Editor & Author

Karen Hunger Parshall is a professor of history and mathematics at the University of Virginia.

Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800-1950) cover

Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra (1800-1950)

2 contributors - Paperback

£107.00

Taming the Unknown cover

Taming the Unknown

2 authors - Hardback

£55.00

James Joseph Sylvester cover

James Joseph Sylvester

Karen Hunger Parshall - Paperback

£77.00

Taming the Unknown cover

Taming the Unknown

2 authors - Paperback

£40.00

The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900 cover

The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community, 1876-1900

2 authors - Paperback

£107.00

James Joseph Sylvester cover

James Joseph Sylvester

Karen Hunger Parshall - Hardback

£62.50

James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters cover

James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters

Karen Hunger Parshall - Hardback

£84.00