Lectures in the history of mathematics/

Main Author: Bos, H. J. M
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Providence, R.I.: [London]: American Mathematical Society London Mathematical Society, c1997
Edition:Rep. with corrections 1997
Series:History of mathematics 7
Subjects:
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490 0 |a History of mathematics  |v 7 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references 
505 1 |a Recognition and wonder : Huygens, tractional motion, and some thoughts on the history of mathematics -- The concept of construction and the representation of curves in seventeenth-century mathematics -- The structure of Descartes's Geometrie -- Christiaan Huygens -- The fundamental concepts of the Leibnizian calculus -- The lemniscate of Bernoulli -- Calculus in the eighteenth century : the role of applications -- The closure theorem of Poncelet -- Elements of mathematics : they are no longer what they used to be -- "Queen and servant"? : the role of mathematics in the development of the sciences -- Mathematics and its social context : a dialogue in the staff room, with historical episodes 
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