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Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics
Author | : Maria Zack |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2018-09-14 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 3319909835 |
This volume contains thirteen papers that were presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/Société canadienne d’histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques, which was held at Ryerson University in Toronto. It showcases rigorously reviewed modern scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics from Ancient Greece to the twentieth century. A series of chapters all set in the eighteenth century consider topics such as John Marsh’s techniques for the computation of decimal fractions, Euler’s efforts to compute the surface area of scalene cones, a little-known work by John Playfair on the practical aspects of mathematics, and Monge’s use of descriptive geometry. After a brief stop in the nineteenth century to consider the culture of research mathematics in 1860s Prussia, the book moves into the twentieth century with an examination of the historical context within which the Axiom of Choice was developed and a paper discussing Anatoly Vlasov’s adaptation of the Boltzmann equation to ionized gases. The remaining chapters deal with the philosophy of twentieth-century mathematics through topics such as an historically informed discussion of finitism and its limits; a reexamination of Mary Leng’s defenses of mathematical fictionalism through an alternative, anti-realist approach to mathematics; and a look at the reasons that mathematicians select specific problems to pursue. Written by leading scholars in the field, these papers are accessible to not only mathematicians and students of the history and philosophy of mathematics, but also anyone with a general interest in mathematics.
A List of Patents Granted by the United States, for the Encouragement of Arts and Sciences, Alphabetically Arranged from 1790 to 1820
Author | : William Elliot |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1823 |
Genre | : Legal deposit of books, etc |
ISBN | : |
Bulletin - Bureau of Education
Author | : United States. Bureau of Education |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 948 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
The Grammar of the Machine
Author | : Edward Stevens |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780300061062 |
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the American economy moved toward a manufacturing base and mass production, creating a demand for a literacy that encompassed not only the traditional alphabetic form of expression but also scientific and mathematical notation and spatial and graphic representation. How did the world of learning respond to this demand? What kinds of educational institutions, teachers, textbooks, and patterns of instruction emerged? Edward Stevens, Jr., describes the important technological changes that took place in antebellum America and the challenges they posed for education. Investigating the instruction, curricula, and textbooks used in the common schools, in the mechanics' institutes, and, specifically, at the Troy Female Seminary and the Rensselaer School in upstate New York, he demonstrates how advocates of technical literacy attempted to teach new skills. Stevens shows that the tensions between the liberal and the vocational, between a culture of print and a nonverbal culture of experience, persisted in technical education through the first half of the nineteenth century but were resolved temporarily by a common moral vision.
Statistics of Land-grant Colleges and Universities
Author | : United States. Office of Education |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1404 |
Release | : 1917 |
Genre | : Agricultural colleges |
ISBN | : |