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This volume focuses on the outstanding contributions made by botany and the mathematical sciences to the genesis and development of early modern garden art and garden culture. The many facets of the mathematical sciences and botany point to the increasingly “scientific”...
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Birkhäuser
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2016-06-03
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collection presents significant contributions from an international network project on mathematical
cultures, including essays from leading scholars in the history and philosophy
of mathematics and mathematics education.?
Mathematics
has universal standards of...
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Birkhäuser
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2016-05-25
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This book presents William Clifford’s English translation of Bernhard Riemann’s classic text together with detailed mathematical, historical and philosophical commentary. The basic concepts and ideas, as well as their mathematical background, are provided, putting...
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Birkhäuser
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2016-04-19
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Dieses Werk greift die Leibnizforschung von Margot Faak wieder auf und erlaubt dem Leser einen tiefen Einblick in den politischen Werdegang von Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, insbesondere seine Zeit als Reichshofrat. Bis heute ist diese Monographie einzigartig in ihrer...
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Springer Spektrum
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2016-02-11
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This book presents, in his own words, the life of Hugo Steinhaus (1887–1972), noted Polish mathematician of Jewish background, educator, and mathematical popularizer. A student of Hilbert, a pioneer of the foundations of probability and game theory, and a contributor to...
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Birkhäuser
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2016-02-08
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Dieses Buch beschreibt erstmalig die Geschichte des berühmten Prioritätsstreits zwischen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz und Isaac Newton um die Entdeckung der Differenzial- und Integralrechnung in einem kulturhistorischen Kontext inklusive der Vorgeschichte und der...
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Springer Spektrum
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2016-01-04
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In this monograph, the authors present a modern development of Euclidean geometry from independent axioms, using up-to-date language and providing detailed proofs. The axioms for incidence, betweenness, and plane separation are close to those of Hilbert. This is the...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2015-12-31
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This book presents, in his own words, the life of Hugo Steinhaus (1887–1972), noted Polish mathematician of Jewish background, educator, and mathematical popularizer. A student of Hilbert, a pioneer of the foundations of probability and game theory, and a contributor to...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2015-12-28
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This monograph provides a concise introduction to the tangled issues of communication between Russian and Western scientists during the Cold War. It details the extent to which mid-twentieth-century researchers and practitioners were able to communicate with their...
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Springer
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2015-12-12
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Ein Meilenstein der Archimedes-Forschung wieder verfügbar! Ausgestattet mit einem umfangreichen neuen Vorwort, das auf die neueren Forschungsergebnisse eingeht, wird in diesem wegweisenden Werk die bis heute ungeklärte Kernfrage der Archimedes-Forschung behandelt:...
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Springer Spektrum
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2015-10-26
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To open a newspaper or turn on the television it would appear that science and religion are polar opposites - mutually exclusive bedfellows competing for hearts and minds. There is little indication of the rich interaction between religion and science throughout...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-07-23
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To open a newspaper or turn on the television it would appear that science and religion are polar opposites - mutually exclusive bedfellows competing for hearts and minds. There is little indication of the rich interaction between religion and science throughout...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2015-07-23
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This book examines three connected aspects of Frege’s logicism: the differences between Dedekind’s and Frege’s interpretation of the term ‘logic’ and related terms and reflects on Frege’s notion of function, comparing its understanding and the role it played in Frege’s...
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Springer
Parution :
2015-06-24
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The tremendous success of indivisibles methods in geometry in the seventeenth century, responds to a vast project: installation of infinity in mathematics.The pathways by the authors are very diverse, as are the characterizations of indivisibles, but there are...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2015-05-19
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Joseph W. Dauben, a leading authority on the history of mathematics in Europe, China, and North America, has played a pivotal role in promoting international scholarship over the last forty years. This Festschrift volume, showcasing recent historical research by leading...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2015-05-12
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The present volume provides a fascinating overview of geometrical ideas and perceptions from the earliest cultures to the mathematical and artistic concepts of the 20th century. It is the English translation of the 3rd edition of the well-received German book “5000...
Editeur :
Birkhäuser
Parution :
2015-04-22
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Up to now there have been scarcely any publications on Leibniz dedicated to investigating the interrelations between philosophy and mathematics in his thought. In part this is due to the previously restricted textual basis of editions such as those produced by Gerhardt....
Editeur :
Springer
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2015-04-20
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Bartel Leendert van der Waerden made major contributions to algebraic geometry, abstract algebra, quantum mechanics, and other fields. He liberally published on the history of mathematics. His 2-volume work Modern Algebra is one of the most influential and popular...
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Birkhäuser
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2014-11-12
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?The book records the essential discoveries of mathematical and computational scientists in chronological order, following the birth of ideas on the basis of prior ideas ad infinitum. The authors document the winding path of mathematical scholarship throughout history,...
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Springer
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2014-11-11
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Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence. He and his son Sadi produced work that derived from their training as engineering and went...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-02-03
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