Robin E. Rider
Position title: Curator of Special Collections, UW-Madison Memorial Library; Senior Lecturer, History of Science
Email: rrider@library.wisc.edu
Phone: 608.262.2809 / 608.262.3243
Address:
Office: 990 Memorial Library, Special Collections
Biography
My current research, writing, and teaching sit at the intersection of history of science (especially early modern science) and history of the book.
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, History, 1980
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, Mathematics, 1974
B.S., Stanford University, Mathematics, 1972
Courses Taught
- Hist Sci 323 – The Scientific Revolution (co-taught with Prof. Florence Hsia) – Syllabus 2021 (pdf)
- Hist Sci 324 – Science in the Enlightenment
- Hist Sci 623 – Studies in Early Modern Science (co-taught with Prof. Florence Hsia) – Syllabus 2021 (pdf)
- SLIS 839 – Special Collections