Research Bio
Massimo Mazzotti is the Thomas M. Siebel Presidential Chair in the History of Science, a professor in the Department of History. His primary field is the History of Science. He studies the history of science from the early modern period to the present, with a focus on the mathematical sciences, technology, and computing. He is interested in the social dimension of technical knowledge - and particularly in the way this knowledge is made, and made credible and authoritative. His interests include the gendering of mathematics, mathematics and religion, Enlightenment science and rationality, the politics of various processes quantification, standardization, and mechanization. His current projects explore the political dimension of mathematical reasoning in revolutionary Europe; the intersection of computing, design, and social planning in postwar Italy; and the social life of digital algorithms.
Research Expertise and Interest
history of science, History of Mathematics, history of technology, science and society, science studies, STS
Teaching
Human Contexts and Ethics of Data - DATA/History/STS [DATA C104 - 001]
Historical Colloquium [HISTORY 290 - 001]
Directed Dissertation Research [HISTORY 296 - 030]
Human Contexts and Ethics of Data - DATA/History/STS [HISTORY C184D - 001]
Historical Colloquium [HISTORY 290 - 001]
Directed Dissertation Research [HISTORY 296 - 029]
Sophomore Seminar [HISTORY 84 - 001]
Topics in Science and Technology Studies [HISTORY C250 - 001]
Topics in Science and Technology Studies [STS C200 - 001]
Human Contexts and Ethics of Data - DATA/History/STS [DATA C104 - 001]
Proseminar: Problems in Interpretation in the Several Fields of History: History of Science [HISTORY 103S - 001]
Directed Dissertation Research [HISTORY 296 - 030]
Human Contexts and Ethics of Data - DATA/History/STS [HISTORY C184D - 001]