Mathematics And The Historian S Craft
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Mathematics And The Historian S Craft
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Author : Michael Kinyon
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-06-18
Mathematics And The Historian S Craft written by Michael Kinyon 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 2006-06-18 with Mathematics categories.
The Kenneth May Lectures have never before been published in book form Important contributions to the history of mathematics by well-known historians of science Should appeal to a wide audience due to its subject area and accessibility
Modern Mathematics
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Author : Dirk De Bock
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-03-08
Modern Mathematics written by Dirk De Bock and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-08 with Education categories.
The international New Math developments between about 1950 through 1980, are regarded by many mathematics educators and education historians as the most historically important development in curricula of the twentieth century. It attracted the attention of local and international politicians, of teachers, and of parents, and influenced the teaching and learning of mathematics at all levels—kindergarten to college graduate—in many nations. After garnering much initial support it began to attract criticism. But, as Bill Jacob and the late Jerry Becker show in Chapter 17, some of the effects became entrenched. This volume, edited by Professor Dirk De Bock, of Belgium, provides an outstanding overview of the New Math/modern mathematics movement. Chapter authors provide exceptionally high-quality analyses of the rise of the movement, and of subsequent developments, within a range of nations. The first few chapters show how the initial leadership came from mathematicians in European nations and in the United States of America. The background leaders in Europe were Caleb Gattegno and members of a mysterious group of mainly French pure mathematicians, who since the 1930s had published under the name of (a fictitious) “Nicolas Bourbaki.” In the United States, there emerged, during the 1950s various attempts to improve U.S. mathematics curricula and teaching, especially in secondary schools and colleges. This side of the story climaxed in 1957 when the Soviet Union succeeded in launching “Sputnik,” the first satellite. Undoubtedly, this is a landmark publication in education. The foreword was written by Professor Bob Moon, one of a few other scholars to have written on the New Math from an international perspective. The final “epilogue” chapter, by Professor Geert Vanpaemel, a historian, draws together the overall thrust of the volume, and makes links with the general history of curriculum development, especially in science education, including recent globalization trends.
Osiris Volume 38
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Author : James Evans
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Osiris Volume 38 written by James Evans and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with History categories.
Perceptively explores the shifting intersections between algorithmic systems and human practices in the modern era. How have algorithmic systems and human practices developed in tandem since 1800? This volume of Osiris deftly addresses the question, dispelling along the way the traditional notion of algorithmic “code” and human “craft” as natural opposites. Instead, algorithms and humans have always acted in concert, depending on each other to advance new knowledge and produce social consequences. By shining light on alternative computational imaginaries, Beyond Craft and Code opens fresh space in which to understand algorithmic diversity, its governance, and even its conservation. The volume contains essays by experts in fields extending from early modern arithmetic to contemporary robotics. Traversing a range of cases and arguments that connect politics, historical epistemology, aesthetics, and artificial intelligence, the contributors collectively propose a novel vocabulary of concepts with which to think about how the history of science can contribute to understanding today’s world. Ultimately, Beyond Craft and Code reconfigures the historiography of science and technology to suggest a new way to approach the questions posed by an algorithmic culture—not only improving our understanding of algorithmic pasts and futures but also unlocking our ability to better govern our present.
Crafting By Concepts
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Author : sarah-marie belcastro
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2011-03-24
Crafting By Concepts written by sarah-marie belcastro and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-24 with Mathematics categories.
From the editors of the popular Making Mathematics with Needlework, this book presents projects that highlight the relationship between types of needlework and mathematics. Chapters start with accessible overviews presenting the interplay between mathematical concepts and craft expressions. Following sections explain the mathematics in more detail, and provide suggestions for classroom activities. Each chapter ends with specific crafting instructions. Types of needlework included are knitting, crochet, needlepoint, cross-stitch, quilting, temari balls, beading, tatting, and string art. Instructions are written as ordinary patterns, so the formatting and language will be familiar to crafters.
The Intersection Of History And Mathematics
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Author : Sasaki Chikara
language : en
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Release Date : 2013-03-09
The Intersection Of History And Mathematics written by Sasaki Chikara and has been published by Birkhäuser this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-09 with Mathematics categories.
The Richness Of The History Of Mathematics
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Author : Karine Chemla
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-11-27
The Richness Of The History Of Mathematics written by Karine Chemla and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-27 with Mathematics categories.
This book, a tribute to historian of mathematics Jeremy Gray, offers an overview of the history of mathematics and its inseparable connection to philosophy and other disciplines. Many different approaches to the study of the history of mathematics have been developed. Understanding this diversity is central to learning about these fields, but very few books deal with their richness and concrete suggestions for the “what, why and how” of these domains of inquiry. The editors and authors approach the basic question of what the history of mathematics is by means of concrete examples. For the “how” question, basic methodological issues are addressed, from the different perspectives of mathematicians and historians. Containing essays by leading scholars, this book provides a multitude of perspectives on mathematics, its role in culture and development, and connections with other sciences, making it an important resource for students and academics in the history and philosophy of mathematics.
Defending Hypatia
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Author : Robert Goulding
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2010-06-09
Defending Hypatia written by Robert Goulding 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 2010-06-09 with Science categories.
Why should mathematics, the purest of sciences, have a history? Medieval mathematicians took little interest in the history of their discipline. Yet in the Renaissance the history of mathematics flourished. This book explores how Renaissance scholars recovered and reconstructed the origins of mathematics by tracing its invention in prehistoric Antiquity, its development by the Greeks, and its transmission to modern Europe via the works of Euclid, Theon and Proclus. The principal architects of this story -- the French philosopher and University of Paris reformer Peter Ramus, and his critic, the young Oxford astronomy lecturer Henry Savile – worked out diametrically opposed models for the development of the mathematical arts, models of historical progress and decline which mirrored each scholar’s larger convictions about the nature of mathematical thinking, the purpose of the modern university, and the potential of the human mind. In their hands, the obscure story of mathematical history became a site of contention over some of the most pressing philosophical and pedagogical debates of the sixteenth century.
A Short History Of Greek Mathematics
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Author : James Gow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
A Short History Of Greek Mathematics written by James Gow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Mathematics categories.
History Of Technology Volume 13
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Author : Graham Hollister-Short
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-09-30
History Of Technology Volume 13 written by Graham Hollister-Short and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-30 with History categories.
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
A History Of Elementary Mathematics
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Author : Florian Cajori
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1896
A History Of Elementary Mathematics written by Florian Cajori and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1896 with Mathematics categories.