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Cosmological Ideas in the Natural Philosophy of Cadwallader Colden [PDF]
Философия и космология, 2021 In the history of philosophy, in particular, in the history of early American philosophy, there is a person who deserves special attention, because the extraordinary ideas of this thinker greatly influenced the science of the 18th century. We are talking
Yaroslav Sobolievskyi +1 more
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Mathematics, 2022 Old mathematics books and textbooks have focused different researchers onto the history of mathematics and mathematics education. However, books are not the only information source for this field; for example, researchers can also study periodical-type ...
María José Madrid +3 more
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Optimization Problems in Spanish Differential Calculus Books Published in the 18th Century
Mathematics, 2022 History of mathematics and mathematics education research allows us to know, among other issues: the influence that certain textbooks have had on the teaching of school mathematics, in academic or professional training, during a certain historical period;
José Carlos Casas-Rosal +3 more
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The First Russian Printed Textbooks
Вопросы образования, 2022 The article presents materials indicating the need to return to the question of the place of the first secular printed textbooks in the history of Russian education and culture.
Yury Zaretskiy
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Mathematics in the Spanish press: a case study of the 18th century journal Semanario de Salamanca
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023 Old mathematics books and textbooks have always been sources of relevant information for researchers working on the history of mathematics and mathematics education. However, helpful information about this field can also be found in journals, ministerial
María José Madrid +3 more
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Condorcet interpretation of probability’s theory: the use of a mathematical construct to the field of social action [PDF]
Кантовский сборник, 2015 Probability theory, which emerged as early as the 17th century thanks to the works of Pascal and Fermat, served for a long time as a tool of professional mathematicians. It was not considered a means of rational prediction of social actions.
Yastrebtseva A.
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Leonhardi Euleri Opera omnia: Editing the works and correspondence of Leonhard Euler [PDF]
Prace Komisji Historii Nauki PAU, 2015 The paper gives an overview on the history and present state of the edition of the complete works of Leonhard Euler (1707–1783). After several failed initiatives in the 19th century, the project began in 1907 with the edition of Euler’s printed works ...
Andreas KLEINERT
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Sketch of the History of Mathematics in Scotland to the end of the 18th Century: Part II [PDF]
Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 1927 The centre of interest now shifts from St Andrews and Edinburgh to Glasgow. The troubles that afflicted Scotland during the 17th Century bore heavily on Glasgow University and more particularly on the position of Mathematics in the University; but in 1691 a distinct Professorship of Mathematics was founded, and from that date the old system of Regents ...
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From metaphysical principles to dynamical laws [PDF]
, 2022 My thesis in this paper is: the modern concept of laws of motion—qua dynamical laws—emerges in 18th-century mechanics. The driving factor for it was the need to extend mechanics beyond the centroid theories of the late-1600s.
Stan, Marius
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Cauchy, infinitesimals and ghosts of departed quantifiers [PDF]
, 2017 Procedures relying on infinitesimals in Leibniz, Euler and Cauchy have been interpreted in both a Weierstrassian and Robinson's frameworks. The latter provides closer proxies for the procedures of the classical masters.
Bair, Jacques +12 more
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