The Development of Newtonian Calculus in Britain, 1700-1800 Hardback - Hardcover

Guicciardini

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521364663 ISBN 13: 9780521364669

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1989

Inhaltsangabe

This book examines the development of calculus in Britain during the century following Newton. It shows that the methods used by researchers of the period yielded considerable success in laying the foundations and investigating the applications of the calculus.

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Críticas:

"...provides a much needed reminder that mathematical ideas are transmitted through teaching and cultural influences as well as through research." Nature

"...a very valuable picture of a generally neglected mathematical community and it provides a better background for understanding the reform of the approach to the calculus in Britain in the 1810s." Mathematical Reviews

"...a clear and well-organized treatment of the development of eighteenth-century English mathematics." Joan Richards, Isis

"On the whole the author's case is well argued and the level of scholarship is high....will be of value to anyone interested in the history and philosophy of mathematics in the eighteenth century." Douglas Jesseph, Philosophy of Science

Biografía del autor:

Niccolò Guicciardini holds degrees in physics and philosophy awarded by the Università degli Studi di Milano. This book is the published version of his Ph.D. thesis in the history of mathematics, written under the supervision of Ivor Grattan-Guinness at Middlesex Polytechnic. Niccolò Guicciardini is Co-Editor in Chief of Historia Mathematica and is a recipient of the Sarton Medal for 2011–2012, awarded by the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0521364663
• ISBN 13: 9780521364669
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244