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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Kinyon, Michael (Editor ), van Brummelen, Glen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:CMS Books in Mathematics, Ouvrages de mathématiques de la SMC,
Temas:
Mathematics.
History.
History of Mathematical Sciences.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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