Social History of Nineteenth Century Mathematics
During the last few decades historians of science have shown a growing interest in science as a cultural activity and have regarded science more and more as part of the gene ral developments that have occurred in society. This trend has been less evident arnong historians of mathematics, who tradit...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA
Birkhäuser Boston
1981, 1981
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981 |
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Table of Contents:
- I Aspects of a Fundamental Change — The Early Nineteenth Century
- Mathematics in the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century
- Origins of the Program of “Arithmetization of Mathematics”
- Mathematics and Revolution from Lacroix to Cauchy
- II The Professionalization of Mathematics and Its Educational Context
- Forms of Professional Activity in Mathematics Before the Nineteenth Century
- The Conception of Pure Mathematics as an Instrument in the Professionalization of Mathematics
- Cambridge University and the Adoption of Analytics in Early Nineteenth-Century England
- A Survey of Factors Affecting the Teaching of Mathematics Outside the Universities in Britain in the Nineteenth Century
- Mathematics in a Unified Italy
- The Employment of Mathematicians in Insurance Companies in the Nineteenth Century
- III Individual Achievements in Social Context
- Hamilton and Peacock on the Essence of Algebra
- The Berlin School of Mathematics
- F. Schleiermacher’s Influence o