Mathematics and the Historian s Craft : The Kenneth O. May Lectures
Kenneth Ownsworth May (1915-1977) was a brilliant and influential mathematician, historian, and educator who founded the journal Historia Mathematica as well as the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics. He viewed the practice of the history of mathematics as a unique meldin...
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| Natura: | Livre numérique |
| Lingua: | Anglais |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2005. |
| Serie: | CMS Books in Mathematics, Ouvrages de mathématiques de la SMC
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| Accesso online: | Accès sur la plateforme de l'éditeur Accès sur la plateforme Istex Accès Université d'Orléans Accès INSA CVL |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Mathematics and the historian's craft, the Kenneth O. May lectures, Glen van Brummelen, Michael Kinyon, ed., New York, Springer, 2005, 1 vol. (xvi-357 p.), CMS books in mathematics, 0-387-25284-3 • Mathematics and the Historian's Craft, Texte imprimé, 9781441920515 • Mathematics and the Historian's Craft, Texte imprimé, 9780387506005 |
Sommario:
- 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