Lectures in the history of mathematics /
Bos, H. J. M.
Providence, R.I. : American Mathematical Society ; [London] : London Mathematical Society,
c1997.
Includes bibliographical references.
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 Géométrie -- Christiaan Huygens -- The fundamental concepts of the Leibnizian calculus -- The lemniscate of Bernoulli -- Calculus in the eighteenth century : the rôle 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.
Mathematics