Studerte matematikk universitet Halle (Tyskland) 1971-1975, Dr. rer. nat. Halle 1979, assistent Humboldt Universitet 1978-1990, Dr. habil. 1987.
Feodor Lynen Stipend tysk Humboldt stiftelse i U.S. (Harvard) 1991-1994, to prosjekter Tysk Forskningsråd mellom 1995 og 2000, samtidig privatdosent på flere tyske universiteter i Berlin og Göttingen. I 1999 innvalgt membre effectif i International Academy of the History of Science (Paris).
2000 Professor i matematikkens historie Høgskolen i Agder, fra 2007 til og med i dag Universitetet i Agder, i dette tidsrom to forskningsår in U.S..
Oktober 2008, forskningspris Sørlandets Kompetansefonds Agder.
Fra 2015 til 2021 hovedredaktør tidsskrift Historia Mathematica nivå 2. Siden 2017 fagansvarlig matematikkens historie ved Store Norske Leksikon.
History of mathematics both cognitive and social aspects, mainly modern period but including publications on antiquity and early modern (Descartes).
Courses on history of mathematics (MA 305), Peculiarity (special traits) of Mathemtics, and Theory of Mathematics (MA 601).
Organisation of many scientific conferences among them three at the International Congresses for History of science (Budapest 2009, Manchester 2013, Rio de Janeiro 2017),two at the International Mathematical Research Institute in Oberwolfach (Germany 2011 and 2013), one at the Mittag-Leffler-Institute in Stockholm (2015). In this context close collaboration with foreign historians of mathematics.
From 2016 main editor of the leading journal in the field, Historia Mathematica. From 2017 responsible (fagansvarlig) for history of mathematics at Store Norske Leksikon (online).
Biography of Norwegian physicist and historian Johannes Lohne together with colleague at UiA Rolf Nossum finished with book in 2017.
Book publications Birkhäuser (2001) and Princeton University Press (2009). Many articles in journals level 1 and 2.
Ongoing book projects biography Richard von Mises and one on International Congress Mathematicians in Oslo 1936 together with Christopher Hollings (Oxford), deadline 2018.
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