Uta Caecilia Merzbach : German-American Historian of Mathematics who became the First Curator of Mathematical Instruments at the Smithsonian Institution

February 9, 1933 — June 27, 2017

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A German-American historian of mathematics who became the first curator of mathematical instruments at the Smithsonian Institution.

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February 9, 1933

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June 27, 2017

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