Defending hypatia: ramus, savile, and the renaissance rediscovery of mathematical history
Auteur :
Goulding, Robert
Éditeur :
Springer
ISBN :
9789048135417
Date de publication :
21 mai 2010
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Nederlands
Why should mathematics, the purest of sciences, have a history? Medieval mathematicians took little interest in the history of their discipline. Yet in the Renaissance the history of mathematics flourished. This book explores how Renaissance scholars recovered and reconstructed the origins of mathematics.