Ancient Medieval Traditions In The Exact Sciences
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Ancient Medieval Traditions In The Exact Sciences
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Author : Patrick Suppes
language : en
Publisher: Stanford Univ Center for the Study
Release Date : 2000
Ancient Medieval Traditions In The Exact Sciences written by Patrick Suppes and has been published by Stanford Univ Center for the Study this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Mathematics categories.
This volume of essays is dedicated to Wilbur Knorr, an outstanding historian of science whose career was cut short much too early. Inspired by Knorr's work, this volume concentrates on the history of ancient mathematics, the associated mathematical sciences, and their medieval and modern tradition. This volume emulates the quality and diverse interests of Knorr's innovative, exact, and far-reaching research. Topics inspired by Knorr include a study of geometric analysis and synthesis in ancient Greece and medieval Islam; examination of Eudoxus as originator for the ideas of proportionality underlying Book V of "Euclid's Elements"; and the extent that Renaissance theorists of linear perspective had access to ancient sources. This book considers the status of Eudoxus's theory of homocentric spheres in Greek astronomy and the examination of the status of in Greek mathematics. A detailed discussion of the geometrical chemistry of Plato's Timaeus and its interpretation in antiquity stems from Knorr's work, and a study of Plato's concept of numbers and its relation to the Theory of Forms. Knorr's varied interests motivate investigation into the representation of numbers in the Latin middle ages, or why we read Arabic numbers backwards, and the history of science in a chronology of the three dynasties in ancient China.
Studies In The History Of The Exact Sciences In Honour Of David Pingree
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Author : Jan P. Hogendijk
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2004-02-01
Studies In The History Of The Exact Sciences In Honour Of David Pingree written by Jan P. Hogendijk and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-02-01 with Philosophy categories.
This collection of essays reflects the wide range of David Pingree's expertise in the scientific texts (above all, concerning astronomy and astrology) of Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, India, Persia, and the medieval Arabic, Hebrew and Latin traditions. Both theoretical aspects and the practical applications of the exact sciences-in time keeping, prediction of the future, and the operation of magic-are dealt with. The book includes several critical editions and translations of hitherto unknown or understudied texts, and a particular emphasis is on the diffusion of scientific learning from one culture to another, and through time. Above all, the essays show the variety and sophistication of the exact sciences in non-Western societies in pre-modern times.
The Appreciation Of Ancient And Medieval Science During The Renaissance 1450
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Author : George Sarton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003-01-01
The Appreciation Of Ancient And Medieval Science During The Renaissance 1450 written by George Sarton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.
Ancient Science Through The Golden Age Of Greece
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Author : George Sarton
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 2012-10-16
Ancient Science Through The Golden Age Of Greece written by George Sarton and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-16 with Science categories.
Remarkably readable, thoroughly documented, and well illustrated, this fascinating book by an eminent science historian covers problems of mathematics, astronomy, physics, and biology.
From Alexandria Through Baghdad
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Author : Nathan Sidoli
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-10-30
From Alexandria Through Baghdad written by Nathan Sidoli and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-30 with Mathematics categories.
This book honors the career of historian of mathematics J.L. Berggren, his scholarship, and service to the broader community. The first part, of value to scholars, graduate students, and interested readers, is a survey of scholarship in the mathematical sciences in ancient Greece and medieval Islam. It consists of six articles (three by Berggren himself) covering research from the middle of the 20th century to the present. The remainder of the book contains studies by eminent scholars of the ancient and medieval mathematical sciences. They serve both as examples of the breadth of current approaches and topics, and as tributes to Berggren's interests by his friends and colleagues.
Hellenistic Science And Culture In The Last Three Centuries B C
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Author : George Sarton
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1993-01-01
Hellenistic Science And Culture In The Last Three Centuries B C written by George Sarton and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-01-01 with Science categories.
Noted scholar's brilliant recapitulation of an especially fertile period for Greek astronomy, physics, mathematics, other sciences. Also illuminating discussions of art, religion, literature, more. "A wonderful book." ? Scientific American.
The History Of Mathematical Proof In Ancient Traditions
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Author : Karine Chemla
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-07-05
The History Of Mathematical Proof In Ancient Traditions written by Karine Chemla and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-05 with Philosophy categories.
This radical, profoundly scholarly book explores the purposes and nature of proof in a range of historical settings. It overturns the view that the first mathematical proofs were in Greek geometry and rested on the logical insights of Aristotle by showing how much of that view is an artefact of nineteenth-century historical scholarship. It documents the existence of proofs in ancient mathematical writings about numbers and shows that practitioners of mathematics in Mesopotamian, Chinese and Indian cultures knew how to prove the correctness of algorithms, which are much more prominent outside the limited range of surviving classical Greek texts that historians have taken as the paradigm of ancient mathematics. It opens the way to providing the first comprehensive, textually based history of proof.
Scale Space And Canon In Ancient Literary Culture
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Author : Reviel Netz
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-02-20
Scale Space And Canon In Ancient Literary Culture written by Reviel Netz and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-20 with History categories.
A history of ancient literary culture told through the quantitative facts of canon, geography, and scale.
The Foundations Of Modern Science In The Middle Ages
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Author : Edward Grant
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1996-10-28
The Foundations Of Modern Science In The Middle Ages written by Edward Grant and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10-28 with History categories.
This 1997 book views the substantive achievements of the Middle Ages as they relate to early modern science.
The Origin Of The History Of Science In Classical Antiquity
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Author : Leonid Zhmud
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2008-08-22
The Origin Of The History Of Science In Classical Antiquity written by Leonid Zhmud and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-22 with History categories.
This is the first comprehensive study of what remains of the writings of Aristotle's student Eudemus of Rhodes on the history of the exact sciences. These fragments are crucial to our understanding of the content, form, and goal of the Peripatetic historiography of science. The first part of the book presents an analysis of those trends in Presocratic, Sophistic and Platonic thought that contributed to the development of the history of science. The second part provides a detailed study of Eudemus' writings in their relationship with the scientific literature of his time, Aristotelian philosophy and the other historiographic genres practiced at the Lyceum: biography, medical and natural-philosophical doxography. Although Peripatetic historiography of science failed in establishing itself as a continuous genre, it greatly contributed both to the birth of the Arabic medieval historiography of science and to the development of this genre in Europe in the 16th-18th centuries.