this book begins with a playful exploration of the building blocks of mathematics, such as definitions, axioms, and proofs. ...
Lee masThis book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features essays that take ...
Lee masBrings together the historical notes published in the various books of mathematics elements by the author. They therefore ...
Lee masPractical Geometry is the name of the craft for medieval landmeasurers, otherwise known as surveyors in modern times. Fibonacci ...
Lee masIn the city republics of Renaissance Italy, it was a common practice among the merchant class to send sons for a two-year ...
Lee masAn analysis of Newton's ideas dismisses this hypothesis by the simple fact that the Principia sought to demonstrate the ...
Lee masThis book examines the many contributions of Paul Lorenzen, an outstanding philosopher from the latter half of the 20th ...
Lee masDrawing on published works, correspondence and manuscripts, this book offers the most comprehensive reconstruction of Boscovich’s ...
Lee masThis book provides an overview of Felix Klein’s ideas, highlighting developments in university teaching and school mathematics ...
Lee masPresenting famous mathematicians alongside others less known to the general public - from Hilbert to Gödel, from Turing ...
Lee masIn this new book, the tenth of the series that began in Venice with the meetings "Mathematics and culture" that many have ...
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