The Algebrization of Mathematics during the 17th and 18th Centuries. Dwarfs and Giants, Centres and Peripheries - Couverture souple

 
9781848903944: The Algebrization of Mathematics during the 17th and 18th Centuries. Dwarfs and Giants, Centres and Peripheries
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1848903944 ISBN 13 : 9781848903944
Editeur : College Publications, 2023

Synopsis

This book explores the major historical phenomenon of the algebraization of mathematics in the second half of the 17th and 18th centuries, offering a broader understanding of the consolidation of analytic geometry and infinitesimal calculus as disciplines. The authors examine the external (intellectual, geographical, and political) factors that influenced these transformations and shed light on the process of acquisition and integration of analytical mathematics into traditional curricula. Drawing on new trends in historiography of science, this book emphasizes the importance of "dwarfs", that is mathematicians but also technicians, artisans, military personnel, engineers, and architects, often ignored or marginalized in traditional histories, in the circulation of original mathematical knowledge, and of peripheral countries such as Italy and Spain as important sites for the appropriation and production of such knowledge.

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Éditeur
College Publications
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1848903944
ISBN 13 
9781848903944
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
258
Éditeur
Crippa Davide, Massa-Esteve Maria Rosa
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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