This volume contains thirteen papers that were presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Soci???t??? Canadienne d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Math???matiques, held on the campus of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It contains rigorously reviewed modern scholarship on general topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, as well as on the meeting's special topic, Early Scientific Computation. These papers cover subjects such as ...
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This volume contains thirteen papers that were presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Soci???t??? Canadienne d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Math???matiques, held on the campus of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It contains rigorously reviewed modern scholarship on general topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, as well as on the meeting's special topic, Early Scientific Computation. These papers cover subjects such as -Physical tools used by mathematicians in the seventeenth century -The first historical appearance of the game-theoretical concept of mixed-strategy equilibrium -George Washington's mathematical cyphering books -The development of the Venn diagram -The role of Euler and other mathematicians in the development of algebraic analysis -Arthur Cayley and Alfred Kempe's influence on Charles Peirce's diagrammatic logic -The influence publishers had on the development of mathematical pedagogy in the nineteenth century -A description of the 1924 International Mathematical Congress held in Toronto, told in the form of a "narrated slide show" Written by leading scholars in the field, these papers will be accessible to not only mathematicians and students of the history and philosophy of mathematics, but also anyone with a general interest in mathematics.
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Very Good/Very Good. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall 0803775458 The book has some minor surface wear along the right side edges. The jacket has two small tears on the top edge.
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Good; No jacket. 1977, The Dial Press. SIGNED by author on title page. Flat signed, not personalized. First printing, stated. NOT Remaindered. NOT ex-library. The blurb from the dust jacket has been cut out and pasted onto the front endpaper of the book. Hardcover has black paper-covered boards and gray-green marble-patterned paper-covered spine with black spine lettering. Binding tight. Hinges NOT cracked. Spine ends bumped. Covers have light surface and edge wear. Pages clean and unmarked. 312 pages. No dust jacket. Carefully packed, shipped in a box. Signed by Author.
