Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 569 g
Reihe: CMS Books in Mathematics
The Kenneth O. May Lectures
Buch, Englisch, 358 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 569 g
Reihe: CMS Books in Mathematics
ISBN: 978-1-4419-2051-5
Verlag: Springer
This book brings together for the first time the Kenneth May Lectures that were given at the annual meetings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. All contributions are of high scholarly value, yet accessible to an audience with a wide range of interests. They provide a historian’s perspective on mathematical developments and deal with a variety of topics covering Greek applied mathematics, the mathematics and science of Leonhard Euler, mathematical modeling and phenomena in ancient astronomy, Turing and the origins of artificial intelligence to name only a few.
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Introduction: The Birth and Growth of a Community.- History or Heritage? An Important Distinction in Mathematics and for Mathematics Education.- Ptolemy’s Mathematical Models and their Meaning.- Mathematics, Instruments and Navigation, 1600–1800.- Was Newton’s Calculus a Dead End? The Continental Influence of Maclaurin’s Treatise of Fluxions.- The Mathematics and Science of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783).- Mathematics in Canada before 1945: A Preliminary Survey.- The Emergence of the American Mathematical Research Community.- 19th Century Logic Between Philosophy and Mathematics.- The Battle for Cantorian Set Theory.- Hilbert and his Twenty-Four Problems.- Turing and the Origins of AI.- Mathematics and Gender: Some Cross-Cultural Observations.
