Michael Kinyon,
Glen van Brummelen
Mathematics and the Historian's Craft
The Kenneth O. May Lectures
Paperback Engels 2010 9781441920515Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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Samenvatting
The Kenneth May Lectures have never before been published in book form
Important contributions to the history of mathematics by well-known historians of science
Should appeal to a wide audience due to its subject area and accessibility
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781441920515
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:358
Uitgever:Springer New York
Serie:CMS Books in Mathematics
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Inhoudsopgave
Introduction: The Birth and Growth of a Community.- History or Heritage? An Important Distinction in Mathematics and for Mathematics Education.- Ptolemy’s Mathematical Models and their Meaning.- Mathematics, Instruments and Navigation, 1600–1800.- Was Newton’s Calculus a Dead End? The Continental Influence of Maclaurin’s Treatise of Fluxions.- The Mathematics and Science of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783).- Mathematics in Canada before 1945: A Preliminary Survey.- The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community.- 19th Century Logic Between Philosophy and Mathematics.- The Battle for Cantorian Set Theory.- Hilbert and his Twenty-Four Problems.- Turing and the Origins of AI.- Mathematics and Gender: Some Cross-Cultural Observations.
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