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 págs. : ilustraciones ; 21 cm.
Serie: Acta Universitatis conimbrigensis
ISBN: 9728704380
"It was organized in the wider context of the celebrations of 2000, World Mathematical Year" —Foreword.
Reseña: MathSciNet, 2007f:01001
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.
- Appendices: A. Documents and letters
- B. Theses of mathematics from Jesuit schools
- C. Scientific manuscripts from the S. Antão college.