Changing Images in Mathematics
From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
Published on 12. July 2001
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-415-27118-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of contemporary (19th and 20th century) mathematics as seen in the broader context of the development of science and culture. Avoiding technicalities, it displays the breadth of contrasting images of mathematics favoured by different countries, schools and historical movements, showing how the conception and practice of mathematics changed over time depending on the cultural and national context. Thus it provides an original perspective for embracing the richness and variety inherent in the development of mathematics. Attention is paid to the interaction of mathematics with themes whose proper treatment have been neglected by the traditional historiography of the discipline, such as the relationship between mathematics, statistics and medicine.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
640 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-27118-9 (9780415271189)
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Changing Images in Mathematics
From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
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Umberto Bottazini | Amy Dahan Dalmedico
Changing Images in Mathematics
From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
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Umberto Bottazini | Amy Dahan Dalmedico
Changing Images in Mathematics
From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
E-Book
06/2013
Routledge
€69.99
Available for download
Persons
Umberto Bottazini, Amy Dahan Dalmedico
Content
The Ecole Polytechnique and Mathematics in Nineteenth Century France From Paris to Berlin: Contrasted Images of Nineteenth Century Mathematics Images of Applied Mathematics in the German Mathematical Community Felix Klein as Wissenschaftspolitiker The German and French Editions of the Klein-Molk Encyclopedia: Contrasted Images Mathematics and Natural Science in the Nineteenth Century: The Classical Approaches to Poncare, Volterra and Hadamard Developments in Statistical Thinking and their links with Mathematics Mathematical Structures from Hilbert to Bourbaki: The Evolution of an Image of Mathematics The Creation and Persistence of National Schools: The Case of Italian Algebraic Geometry Definability as a Mathematical Concept Before and After Goedel An Image Conflict in Mathematics After 1945 From Catastrophe to Chaos: The Modelling Practices of Applied Topologists Beyond One Case Statistics: Mathematics, Medicine and the Management of Health and Disease in the Post-war Era