Bottazini / Dahan Dalmedico Changing Images in Mathematics

From the French Revolution to the New Millennium
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-69874-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine

This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of contemporary (19th and 20th century) mathematics as seen in the broader context of the development of science and culture. Avoiding technicalities, it displays the breadth of contrasting images of mathematics favoured by different countries, schools and historical movements, showing how the conception and practice of mathematics changed over time depending on the cultural and national context. Thus it provides an original perspective for embracing the richness and variety inherent in the development of mathematics. Attention is paid to the interaction of mathematics with themes whose proper treatment have been neglected by the traditional historiography of the discipline, such as the relationship between mathematics, statistics and medicine.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bottazini, Umberto

Dahan Dalmedico, Amy

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Philosophie der Mathematik
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Geschichte der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Ecole Polytechnique and Mathematics in Nineteenth Century France

From Paris to Berlin: Contrasted Images of Nineteenth Century Mathematics

Images of Applied Mathematics in the German Mathematical Community

Felix Klein as Wissenschaftspolitiker

The German and French Editions of the Klein-Molk Encyclopedia: Contrasted Images

Mathematics and Natural Science in the Nineteenth Century: The Classical Approaches to Poncaré, Volterra and Hadamard

Developments in Statistical Thinking and their links with Mathematics

Mathematical Structures from Hilbert to Bourbaki: The Evolution of an Image of Mathematics

The Creation and Persistence of National Schools: The Case of Italian Algebraic Geometry

Definability as a Mathematical Concept Before and After Gödel

An Image Conflict in Mathematics After 1945

From Catastrophe to Chaos: The Modelling Practices of Applied Topologists

Beyond One Case Statistics: Mathematics, Medicine and the Management of Health and Disease in the Post-war Era