Writing the History of Mathematics Its Historical Development |
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| Editor:
| Dauben, Joseph Warren
Scriba, Christoph J. |
| Contribution by:
| International Union of the History and Philosophy of Science, International Commission on the History of Mathematics Staff, |
| Series title: | Science Networks. Historical Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-3-7643-6166-2 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2002 |
| Publisher: | Birkhäuser Boston
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $99.00 |
Book Description:
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As an historiographic monograph, this book offers a detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. It provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC, to the founding of the international journal, Historia Mathematica, by Kenneth O. May in the early 1970s.
As an historiographic monograph, this book offers a detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. It provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC, to the founding of the international journal, Historia Mathematica, by Kenneth O. May in the early 1970s.