Education

Harvard University, Cambridge MA
 1991 Ph.D. History of Science. 
Dissertation: The Medieval Arabic Tradition of Euclid's Optika
 1985 M.A. (Masters of Arts) History of Science.

University of Rhode Island, Kingston RI 
 1987 Masters of Science, Pure Mathematics. 
 Thesis: Problems Corresponding to Quadratic Equations in Early Mathematical Texts: A Chapter in the History of Algebra 
 1980 Masters of Arts, Science Education.
 1979 Bachelor of Arts, Chemistry.
 1978 Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics