Lectures in the history of mathematics
Henk J. M. Bos.
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; [London] : London Mathematical Society, ©1993.
x, 197 págs. : ilustraciones ; 26 cm.
Serie: History of mathematics ; v. 7
ISBN: 0821809202, 0821890018
"The lectures in the present volume were given between 1970 and 1987; all but one have been published earlier."—Introduction.
Incluye referencias bibliográficas.
Reseña: MathSciNet, 95d:01001
Contenido
- 1. Recognition and wonder: Huygens, tractional motion, and some thoughts on the history of mathematics
- 2. The concept of construction and the representation of curves in seventeenth-century mathematics
- 3. The structure of Descartes's Géométrie
- 4. Christiaan Huygens
- 5. The fundamental concepts of the Leibnizian calculus
- 6. The lemniscate of Bernoulli
- 7. Calculus in the eighteenth century: the rôle of applications
- 8. The closure theorem of Poncelet
- 9. Elements of mathematics: they are no longer what they used to be
- 10. "Queen and servant": the role of mathematics in the development of the sciences
- 11. Mathematics and its social context: a dialogue in the staff room, with historical episodes.
