Lectures in the history of mathematics / Henk J. M. Bos.
Series History of mathematics ; v. 7Editor: Providence, R.I. : [London] : American Mathematical Society ; London Mathematical Society, c1993Descripción: x, 197 p. : il. ; 26 cmISBN: 0821809202; 0821890018Tema(s): Mathematics -- History | Huygens, Christiaan, 1629-1695Otra clasificación: 01-02 (01A45 01A50)1. Recognition and wonder: Huygens, tractional motion, and some thoughts on the history of mathematics2. The concept of construction and the representation of curves in seventeenth-century mathematics3. The structure of Descartes's Géométrie4. Christiaan Huygens5. The fundamental concepts of the Leibnizian calculus6. The lemniscate of Bernoulli7. Calculus in the eighteenth century: the rôle of applications8. The closure theorem of Poncelet9. Elements of mathematics: they are no longer what they used to be10. "Queen and servant": the role of mathematics in the development of the sciences11. Mathematics and its social context: a dialogue in the staff room, with historical episodes.
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"The lectures in the present volume were given between 1970 and 1987; all but one have been published earlier."--Introduction.
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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.
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