Waseda University
School for International Liberal Studies
1-6-1 Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo, 169-8050
Japan早稲田大学国際教養学部
〒169-8050 東京都新宿区西早稲田1−6−1
University of Toronto,Toronto, ON
Ph.D., History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 2000–2004
M.A., History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 1996–1998St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
B.A., Liberal Arts, 1991–1995
2009-Present, Waseda University, Assistant Professor (see my Waseda teaching webpage)
2007–2009, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Postdoctoral Fellow
2005–2007, National Science Foundation, Science Studies Postdoctoral Fellow
2005–2007, Simon Fraser University, Department of History, Instructor
2004–2005, University of Toronto Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
History of the exact sciences in the ancient and medieval periods; cross-cultural transmission of science in the ancient and medieval periods; history of mathematics. Current focus on the transmission of the Greco-Roman mathematical sciences into the Arabic world and the critical assessment of manuscript diagrams.
M.A. thesis on Archytas of Terentum and Greek music theory in the classical period.
Ph.D. thesis entitled Ptolemy’s Mathematical Approach: Applied Mathematics in the Second Century. Thesis Advisor: Alexander Jones.
Refereed Papers
Sidoli, N. and K. Saito, Comparative analysis in Greek geometry, Historia Mathematica, 39 (2012), 1–33.
Sidoli, N., Heron of Alexandria’s date, Centaurus, 53 (2010), 55–61. [Corrections]
Saito, K. and N. Sidoli, The function of diorism in ancient Greek analysis, Historia Mathematica, 37 (2010), 579–614.
Sidoli, N. and K. Saito, The role of geometrical construction in Theodosius’s Spherics, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 63 (2009), 581-609.
Sidoli, N. and T. Kusuba, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s revision of Theodosius’s Spherics, Suhayl, 9 (2008), 9-46.
Sidoli, N. and J. L. Berggren, The Arabic version of Ptolemy’s Planisphere or Flattening the Surface of the Sphere: Text, translation, commentary, SCIAMVS, 8 (2007), 37-139.
Sidoli, N., What we can learn from a diagram: The case of Aristarchus’ On the sizes and distances of the Sun and the Moon, Annals of Science, 64 (2007), 525 - 547.
Hanna, G and N. Sidoli, Visualization and proof: a brief survey of philosophical perspectives, Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, 39 (2007), 73-78.
Berggren, J. L. and N. Sidoli, Aristarchus’ On the sizes and distances of the Sun and the Moon: Greek and Arabic texts, Archive for History of Exact Sciences, 61 (2007), 213-254.
Sidoli, N., The sector theorem attributed to Menelaus, SCIAMVS, 7 (2006), 43-79.
Hanna, G. and N. Sidoli, Visualization and proof: A brief survey, in Simpson A., ed., Retirement as Process and Concept (Prague: 2006), 101-109.
Sidoli, N., Heron’s Dioptra 35 and analemma methods: An astronomical determination of the distance between two cities, Centaurus, 47 (2005), 236-258.
Sidoli, N., Hipparchus and the ancient metrical methods on the sphere, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 35 (2004), 74–86. [Corrections]
Sidoli, N., On the use of the term Diastêma in ancient Greek constructions, Historia Mathematica, 31 (2004), 2–10. [Corrections and Additions]
Hanna, G., Y. DeBruyn, N. Sidoli and D. Lomas, Teaching proof in the context of physics, Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik, 36 (2004), 82–90.
Hanna, G. and N. Sidoli, The story of ESM, Educational Studies in Mathematics, 50 (2002), 123–156.
Non-Refereed Papers, Essay Reviews and Research Reports
Sidoli, N., Review of R. Rashed, M. Decorps-Foulquier, and M. Federspiel, Apollonius de Perge: dition et traduction du text grec et arabe, 4 vols. (Walter de Gruyter: 2008–2010), Isis, 102 (2011): 537–542.
Sidoli, N., Mathematical tables in Ptolemy’s Almagest, Mathematisches Forshungsintitut Oberwolfach, Report No. 12/2011, Mini-workshop: History of Numerical and Graphical Tables, organized by R. Tobies and D. Tournes, Feb. 27th – Mar. 5th, 34-37.
Sidoli, N. and C. Li, The manuscript diagrams of al-Harawī’s version of Menelaus’ Spherics, Research report for “Databasing the manuscript diagrams of sources in ancient and medieval mathematics,” Japan Society for Promotion of Science Grants-in-Aid, 2009–2010, no. 21300325. (Principle investigator: Ken Saito.)『古代中世数学文献の図版のデータベース化』平成21年度～平成22年度科学研究費補助金（基盤研究(B)）21300325報告書．（研究代表者：斎藤憲．)
Sidoli, N. 「 Drawing Diagrams and Making Arguments in Greek Geometry」『津田塾大学数学・計算機学研究所報30第19回数学史シンポジウム（2008）』津田塾大学数学・計算機学研究所，2009年，133−150頁．(Reports of the Tsuda College Institute for Mathematical and Computer Science: Proceedings of the 19th Symposium in the History of Mathematics, 30 (2009): 133-150.)
Sidoli, N., Review of R. Netz, The Works of Archimedes: Translation and Commentary, Vol. 1 (Cambridge: 2004), Aestimatio, 1 (2004): 148–162.
Hanna, G., Y. DeBruyn, N. Sidoli and D. Lomas, An application of concepts from statics to geometrical proofs, in Rogerson, A., ed., Proceedings of International Conference on the Humanistic Renaissance in Mathematics Education (Palermo: 2002): 166–171.
Book Reviews
Sidoli, N., Review of E. Hayashi and K. Saito, Tenbin no Majutsushi: Arukimedesu no Sūgaku (Sorcerer of the Scales: Archimedes’ Mathematics) (Tokyo: Kyōritsu Shuppan, 2009), Historia Mathematica, 39 (2012): 222–224.
Sidoli, N., Review of D. Lehoux, Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World: Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies (Cambridge: 2007), Journal for the History of Astronomy, 41 (2010): 124–126.
Sidoli, N., Review of A. Barker, The Science of Harmonics in Classical Greece (Cambridge: 2007), Bryn Mawr Classical Review, October, 2009.
Sidoli, N., Review of J. Friberg, Unexpected Links Between Egyptian and Babylonian Mathematics (Hakensack, NJ: 2005) and Amazing Traces of a Babylonian Origin in Greek Mathematics (Hakensack, NJ: 2007), Aestimatio, 5 (2008): 141–146.
Sidoli, N., Review of L. Zhmud, (trans. A. Chernoglazov) The Origin of the History of Science in Classical Antiquity , (Berlin: 2006), The Classical Review, 58 (2008): 80–82.
Sidoli, N., Review of J. Cristianidis, ed., Classics in the History of Greek Mathematics (Dordrecht: 2005), Historia Mathematica, 33 (2006): 491–493.
Sidoli, N., Review of C. M. Taisbak, Euclid’s Data or the Importance of Being Given (Copenhagen: 2003), Historia Mathematica, 32 (2006): 248–250.
Sidoli, N., Review of R. Netz, The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics (Cambridge: 1999), Educational Studies in Mathematics, 58 (2005): 222–282.
Sidoli, N., Review of A. L. Bowen and R. B. Todd, Cleomedes’ Lectures on Astronomy: A Translation of The Heavens (Berkeley: 2004), Bryn Mawr Classical Review, August, 2004.
Sidoli, N., Review of P. Suppes, J. M. Moravcsik, & H. Mendell, eds., Ancient and Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Memory of Wilbur Knorr (Stanford: 2000), Annals of Science, 61 (2004): 244–246.
Sidoli, N., Review of R. Netz, The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics (Cambridge: 1999), Canadian Journal for Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 2 (2002): 415–418.
“Mathematical Tables in Ptolemy’s Almagest,” Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, Mini-Workshop: History of Numerical and Graphical Tables, Feb. 27th - Mar. 5th, 2011.
“Constructive Mathematics in Menelaus’ Spherics: Reflections arising in editing the al-Harawi version,” Joint Mathematics Meetings (American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America), New Orleans, Jan. 2011.
“The Construction, Purpose and Use of Mathematical Tables in Ptolemy’s Almagest,” Séminaire d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques, Tables et astronomie, Paris, Mar. 2010.
“Constructions in ancient Greek Spherics: Mathematical spheres and solid globes,” Séminaire d’histoire des mathématiques de l’Institut Henri Poincaré: Histoire des sciences, Histoire du texte, Paris, Feb. 2010.
“The Function of Numerical Tables in the Mathematical Structure of Ptolemy’s Almagest,” XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology, Budapest, Jul. 2009.
“Drawing diagrams and making arguments in Greek mathematics,” Joint Mathematics Meetings (American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America), Washington D.C., Jan. 2009.
“Diagrams in Greek Mathematics: Mathematical practice and the manuscript tradition in Theodosius’s Spherics,” 19th Symposium in the History of Mathematics at Tsuda College, Tokyo, Oct. 2008.
“Mathematical Methods in Ptolemy’s Planisphere,” Annual meeting of the Japanese Society for the History of Science, Kyoto, Apr. 2008.
“Ptolemy’s Planisphere: Reflections arising in editing the Arabic text,” (Joint work with J. L. Berggren.) Annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Montreal, Jul. 2007.
“Diagrams for Prop. 13 of Aristarchus’ On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon: Historiographic issues arising in a study of manuscript diagrams,” Workshop on the Critical Edition of Manuscript Diagrams, Osaka, Japan, Nov. 2006.
“The Role of (Re)construction in Understanding Heron’s Dioptra 35: Diagrammatic and mathematical (re)constructions for finding the great-arc distance between two cities,” Workshop of the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan, Oct. 2006.
“Ptolemy’s Mathematical Epistemology,” Friday Evening Lecture, St. John’s College, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Apr. 2006.
“Ptolemy on Mathematics, the Human Soul and the Physical World,” Annual Meeting of the Columbia History of Science Group, Friday Harbor, Mar. 2006.
“The Concept of Compound Ratio in Late Antiquity,” Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Winter Meeting, Victoria, Dec. 2005.
“The Sector Theorem Attributed to Menelaus,” Biennial History of Astronomy Workshop at the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, Jul. 2005.
“Episodes in the History of Greek Trigonometry,” Seminar in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, York University, Toronto, Jan. 2005.
“Mathematical Texts in Ptolemy’s Works,” Colloquium Series of the Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto, Dec. 2004.
“Analysis in Heron’s Measurements,” Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, Montreal, Dec. 2004.
“Menelaus’ Theorem in Ptolemy and Theon,” Canadian Mathematical Society Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Dec. 2003.
Waseda University Research Support for Select Topics (特定課題研究助成費), 2011–2012
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2007–2009
National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2005–2007
University of Toronto School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2004–2005
Fredric Hudd Scholarship, 2004
Junior Fellow of Massey College, 2001–2004
Catheral Travel Grant, 2003
Frank M. Waddell Scholarship, 2001
University of Toronto Open Fellowship, 1997–1998, 2000–2004
2006-2010, Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics, Treasurer
Submission refereeing for various journals: Centaurus, Nuncius, Annals of Science, SCIAMVS and Historia Mathematica.
Grant proposal refereeing for the US National Science Foundation.
Wide range of intellectual and artistic interests. Engaged in creative writing: poetry, fiction, and screenplays. Working knowledge of the three major desktop operating systems. Working knowledge of LaTeX and Mathematica® (with a package on Ptolemy’s trigonometry published). Reading knowledge of French, German, Latin, Arabic and Ancient Greek. Possessed by a great love of letters.
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