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Mathematics and the Historian's Craft Michael Kinyon

Mathematics and the Historian's Craft By Michael Kinyon

Mathematics and the Historian's Craft by Michael Kinyon


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Brings together the Kenneth May Lectures that were given at the annual meetings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. This title contains contributions that deal with topics covering Greek applied mathematics, the mathematics and science of Leonhard Euler, and the origins of artificial intelligence to name a few.

Mathematics and the Historian's Craft Summary

Mathematics and the Historian's Craft: The Kenneth O. May Lectures by Michael Kinyon

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

Mathematics and the Historian's Craft Reviews

From the reviews:

"The full set of Kenneth O. May Lectures given at the Annual meetings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics since 1988, are presented in this volume as a tribute to Kenneth May . The essays, varying greatly in nature as well as scope, concern themes of interest to the Society . this book contains a lot of interesting material besides: there is something for just about every one, not just specialists in the History of Mathematics. Recommended!" (Michael Berg, MathDL Online, April, 2006)

"This collection of papers contains extended versions of selected lectures delivered at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the History and Philosophy of Mathematics . The papers are written not only for historians of mathematics but also, in particular, for others who are interested in the nature and beauty of mathematics. The book will be very helpful for historians and philosophers of mathematics, for teachers at universities and secondary schools, and students as well as researchers in mathematics and history." (EMS Newsletter, June, 2006)

"The essays collected in this volume are based on keynote lectures given at annual meetings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM/SCHPM). most of the material is accessible to a wide mathematical audience and the engaging quality of the writing makes for excellent reading. The book would make a welcome addition to any academic library and could certainly be used as a resource for undergraduate research projects." (Robert E. Bradley, Historia Mathematica, Vol. 34, 2007)

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Birth and Growth of a Community.- History or Heritage? An Important Distinction in Mathematics and for Mathematics Education.- Ptolemys Mathematical Models and their Meaning.- Mathematics, Instruments and Navigation, 16001800.- Was Newtons Calculus a Dead End? The Continental Influence of Maclaurins Treatise of Fluxions.- The Mathematics and Science of Leonhard Euler (17071783).- 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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NPB9780387252841
9780387252841
0387252843
Mathematics and the Historian's Craft: The Kenneth O. May Lectures by Michael Kinyon
New
Hardback
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
2005-06-14
358
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