Lectures in the history of mathematics
By: Henk J.M. Bos.
Series: History of mathematics ;; v. 7
Publisher: American Mathematical Society; London Mathematical Society
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Providence, R.I; [London]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
Subjects: Mathematics -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: label: 1.
title: Recognition and wonder: Huygens, tractional motion, and some thoughts on the history of mathematics.
pagenum: 1; label: 2.
title: The concept of construction and the representation of curves in seventeenth-century mathematics.
pagenum: 23; label: 3.
title: The structure of Descartes’s «Géométrie».
pagenum: 37; label: 4.
title: Christiaan Huygens.
pagenum: 59; label: 5.
title: The fundamental concepts of the Leibnizian calculus.
pagenum: 83; label: 6.
title: The lemniscate of Bernoulli.
pagenum: 101; label: 7.
title: Calculus in the eighteenth century: The rôle of applications.
pagenum: 113; label: 8.
title: The closure theorem of Poncelet.
pagenum: 129; label: 9.
title: Elements of mathematics: They  are no longer what they used to be.
pagenum: 141; label: 10.
title: “Queen and servant”: The role of mathematics in the development of the sciences.
pagenum: 165; label: 11.
title: Mathematics and its social context: A dialogue in the staff room, with historical episodes.
pagenum: 181