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La rationalisation des savoirs mathématiques français au sein des écoles militaires américaines avant la Guerre de Sécession

Philosophia Scientiæ, 2020
At the beginning of the 19th century, United States Army officers were trained at West Point Military Academy. This training was considered unsatisfactory on a number of points, including the teaching of mathematics. In 1817, following a voyage to Europe
Thomas Preveraud
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From 'scientific revolution' to 'unscientific revolution': an analysis of approaches to the history of generative linguistics [PDF]

, 2010
This paper is devoted to the challenge that generative linguistics poses for linguistic historiography. As a first step, it presents a systematic overview of 19 approaches to the history of generative linguistics.
Aarsleff, Allan, Allan, András Kertész, Anttila, Barsky, Barton, Bierwisch, Boeckx, Butterfield, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Chomsky, Droste, Falk, Gray, Grewendorf, Grewendorf, Grewendorf, Griffith, Griffith, Hacken, Hacken, Hacken, Halle, Harris, Harris, Harris, Harris, Hill, Huck, Hymes, Hymes, Izzo, Joseph, Jäger, Jäger, Koerner, Koerner, Koerner, Koerner, Koerner, Koerner, Kuhn, Lakatos, Lakatos, Lakoff, Langendoen, Lappin, Lappin, Lappin, Lees, Leiber, Levine, Maher, Matthews, Matthews, McCawley, McCawley, Murray, Murray, Murray, Murray, Nevin, Newmeyer, Newmeyer, Newmeyer, Newmeyer, Newmeyer, Newmeyer, Newmeyer, Oesterreicher, Percival, Popper, Postal, Pullum, Riemsdijk, Schnelle, Searle, Searle, Seuren, Seuren, Seuren, Seuren, Skinner, Thorne, Tomalin, Trager, Uriagereka, Vidanovič, Voegelin   +98 more
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Academician Albinas Rimka (1886–1944) and science of statistics in Lithuania: application of mathematics

Lietuvos Matematikos Rinkinys, 2017
The scientist, statesman, academician Albinas Rimka (1886–1944) is famous in Lithuanian historiography as a creator of independent Lithuania. First of all, his merits as a politician and economist are to be mentioned.
Juozas Banionis
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Making financial history: The crisis of 2008 and the return of the past [PDF]

, 2014
The past does not simply provide conditions of possibility for capitalist finance; it also serves as a vital resource for those who might seek to understand or negotiate it in a particular present.
Samman, A.
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Positivismo e matemática escolar dos livros didáticos no advento da República Positivism and school mathematics in teaching textbooks at the advent of the Republic

Cadernos de Pesquisa, 2000
O estudo da presença da matriz positivista na história da educação brasileira vem sendo feito, muitas vezes, de forma mecânica e reducionista pela historiografia tradicional. A partir da perspectiva da história cultural, este artigo toma o livro didático
Wagner Rodrigues Valente
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Similibus simile cognoscitur. O pensamento analógico medieval

Medievalista, 2013
Although insufficiently considered by historiography, the analogical thought was the prevalent intellectual instrument in all sociocultural categories in medieval Europe. It was decisive for many forms of relation between the human ones and of those with
Hilário Franco Júnior
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Mathematical motivators: using the history of mathematics to enrich the curriculum [PDF]

, 2011
This article provides a summary of the MSOR funded mini project Mathematical Motivators. Mathematics is usually, and of course correctly, presented ‘ready-made’ to students, with techniques and applications presented systematically and in a logical order.
Bradshaw, Noel-Ann, Mann, Tony, McCartney, Mark   +2 more
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Geographical difficulties and communication flow in the rise of the twentieth century in Colombia

Historia y Sociedad, 2016
A commonplace in our historiography has been to consider that at the end of the XIX century Colombia was isolated from the outside world and was not internally interconnected.
Felipe Gutiérrez Flórez
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Panbabylonism in Russian historical scholarship of the first third of the 20th century: From criticism to exploitation

Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2020
In this paper, the influence of panbabylonism theories on the historical research in Russia during the pre-revolutionary and early Soviet eras was studied. The criticism of panbabylonism was discussed; the theories of its supporters were considered.
A.A. Popova
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Cubism and the Fourth Dimension [PDF]

, 2016
This article revisits the historiography of Cubism and mathematics, with a particular focus on Pablo Picasso's uses of geometry at the end of the first decade of the twentieth century.
Ambrosio, C
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