From Hesiod to Saussure, from Hippocrates to Jevons

From Hesiod to Saussure, from Hippocrates to Jevons
Author: Jens Høyrup
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 3031515064

This book is the first of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is ancient Mesopotamia, classical Antiquity and the Islamic Middle Ages. Combining general descriptions with extensive excerpts from original sources in English translation, it concentrates on ways of thinking and actual argumentation and not just on results and mistakes; questions of validity are primarily dealt with in the perspective of the time of the writing, not on that of the 21st century. The work is of great interest to historians of science and culture, students as well as seasoned workers – but also for amateurs willing to invest the necessary serious efforts.

From Hesiod to Saussure, from Hippocrates to Jevons

From Hesiod to Saussure, from Hippocrates to Jevons
Author: Jens Høyrup
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 3031515102

This book is the second of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science) and covers the Latin Middle Ages, the Renaissance period, and the 17th century. Combining general descriptions with extensive excerpts from original sources in English translation, it concentrates on ways of thinking and actual argumentation and not just on results and mistakes; questions of validity are primarily dealt with in the perspective of the time of the writing, not on that of the 21st century. The work is of great interest to historians of science and culture, students as well as seasoned workers – but also for amateurs willing to invest the necessary serious efforts.

From Hesiod to Saussure, from Hippocrates to Jevons

From Hesiod to Saussure, from Hippocrates to Jevons
Author: Jens Høyrup
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2024
Genre: Electronic books
ISBN: 3031515145

This book is the third of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is Western Europe during the 18th and 19th centuries. Combining general descriptions with extensive excerpts from original sources in English translation, it concentrates on ways of thinking and actual argumentation and not just on results and mistakes; questions of validity are primarily dealt with in the perspective of the time of the writing, not on that of the 21st century. The work is of great interest to historians of science and culture, students as well as seasoned workers – but also for amateurs willing to invest the necessary serious efforts.

Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice

Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice
Author: Jens Høyrup
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 963
Release: 2019-09-20
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 303019258X

This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on a variety of topics within the history of mathematics, mostly focusing on particular aspects of mathematical practice. This book is of interest to, and provides methodological inspiration for, historians of science or mathematics and students of these disciplines.

New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity

New Paths Towards Quantum Gravity
Author: Bernhelm Booß-Bavnbek
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2010-07-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642118976

Aside from the obvious statement that it should be a theory capable of unifying general relativity and quantum field theory, not much is known about the true nature of quantum gravity. New ideas - and there are many of them for this is an exciting field of research - often diverge to a degree where it seems impossible to decide in which of the many possible direction(s) the ongoing developments should be further sustained. The division of the book in two (overlapping) parts reflects the duality between the physical vision and the mathematical construction. The former is represented by tutorial reviews on non-commutative geometry, on space-time discretization and renormalization and on gauge field path integrals. The latter one by lectures on cohomology, on stochastic geometry and on mathematical tools for the effective action in quantum gravity. The book will benefit everyone working or entering the field of quantum gravity research.

Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics

Mastering the History of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Author: Toke Knudsen
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2024-06-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 3110769964

The present collection of essays are published in honor of the distinguished historian of mathematics Professor Emeritus Jesper Lützen. In a career that spans more than four decades, Professor Lützen's scholarly contributions have enhanced our understanding of the history, development, and organization of mathematics. The essays cover a broad range of areas connected to Professor Lützen's work. In addition to this noteworthy scholarship, Professor Lützen has always been an exemplary colleague, providing support to peers as well as new faculty and graduate students. We dedicate this Festschrift to Professor Lützen—as a scholarly role model, mentor, colleague, and friend.

The Evolution of Knowledge

The Evolution of Knowledge
Author: Jürgen Renn
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 580
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 069117198X

This book presents a new way of thinking about the history of science and technology, one that offers a grand narrative of human history in which knowledge serves as a critical factor of cultural evolution. Jürgen Renn examines the role of knowledge in global transformations going back to the dawn of civilization while providing vital perspectives on the complex challenges confronting us today in the Anthropocene, the present geological epoch shaped by humankind. Covering topics ranging from evolution of writing to the profound transformations wrought by modern science, The Evolution of Knowledge offers an entirely new framework for understanding structural changes in systems of knowledge and a bold, innovative approach to the history and philosophy of science.