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International Conference The practice of mathematics in Portugal (2000 : Óbidos, Portugal)
The practice of mathematics in Portugal : papers from the International meeting held at Óbidos 16-18 November 2000 / edited by Luís Saraiva and Henrique Leitão.
— Coimbra : Por ordem da Universidade, 2004. xii, 758 p. : il. ; 21 cm. — (Acta Universitatis conimbrigensis)
"It was organized in the wider context of the celebrations of 2000, World Mathematical Year" —Foreword.
Contenido: Henrique Leitão, The practice of mathematics in Portugal: problems and methods — Luís M. R. Saraiva, Historiography of mathematics in Portugal — Bernard R. Goldstein, Preliminary remarks on Judah ben Verga's contributions to astronomy — José Chabás, Abraham Zacut's contribution to navigation — Edith Sylla, Mathematics in the Liber de triplici motu of Alvarus Thomas of Lisbon — Eberhard Knobloch, Nunes and Clavius — António Estácio dos Reis, Pedro Nunes' nonius — Víctor Navarro-Brotons, Astronomy and cosmography 1561–1625. Different aspects of the activities of Spanish and Portuguese mathematicians and cosmographers — Francisco Contente Domingues, Nautical training and ship command in Portugal (15th to 19th centuries) — Ugo Baldini, The teaching of mathematics in the Jesuit colleges of Portugal, from 1640 to Pombal — Carlos Ziller Camenietzki and Fábio Mendonça Pedrosa, The return of the comet of 1682 and the early works of José Monteiro da Rocha (Portuguese) — João Filipe Queiró, José Anastácio da Cunha: an assessment — Patricia Radelet de Grave, Necessity and contingency in natural philosophy during the XVIIIth century, da Cunha's position — José Anastácio da Cunha, Essai sur les principes de mécanique de José Anastácio da Cunha — — Eduardo L. Ortiz, António A. Monteiro, on the practice of mathematics — José Francisco Rodrigues, Portuguese mathematical journals: some aspects of (almost) periodical research publications.
Contenido parcial: Appendices: A. Documents and letters — B. Theses of mathematics from Jesuit schools — C. Scientific manuscripts from the S. Antão college.
ISBN 9728704380
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