THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS by Dr. Benjamin Wardhaugh (Editor) ( 9783035302615 )

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Title:

THE HISTORY OF THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
CASE STUDIES FOR THE SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH, AND NINETEENTH CENTURIES

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ISBN 10:

3035302618

ISBN 13:

9783035302615

Publisher:

PETER LANG AG, INTERNATIONALER VERLAG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN

Pub. date:

18 January, 2012

Edition:

250th ed.

Description:

Mathematical history, and mathematical biography, raise distinctive issues of method and approach to which different periods have responded in different ways. At a time of increasing interest in the history of mathematics, this book attempts to show something of the trajectory that history has taken in the past.

Synopsis:

The writing of mathematical histories has a long history, one which has seldom received scholarly attention. Mathematical history, and mathematical biography, raise distinctive issues of method and approach to which different periods have responded in different ways. At a time of increasing interest in the history of mathematics, this book attempts to show something of the trajectory that history has taken in the past. It presents seven case studies illustrating the different ways that mathematical histories have been written since the seventeenth century, ranging from the 'historia' of John Wallis to the recent re-presentation of Thomas Harriot's manuscripts online. It considers both the ways that individual reputations and biographies have been shaped differently in different circumstances, and the ways that the discipline of mathematics has itself been variously presented through the writing of its history.

Publication:

Switzerland

Imprint:

Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

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Non-returnable

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