Overview
- Offers new global perspectives on history of mathematics
- Features articles by leading experts in the field
- Provides a wide range of topics from set theory to mathematics in Europe, Asia, and North America
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Trends in the History of Science (TRENDSHISTORYSCIENCE)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics
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On the Boundaries of Mathematics and Physics
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Mathematics and its History in Modern Cultures
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Traditional Chinese Mathematics
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in the History of Mathematics
Book Subtitle: A Festschrift in Honor of Joseph W. Dauben
Editors: David E. Rowe, Wann-Sheng Horng
Series Title: Trends in the History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12030-0
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12029-4Published: 29 May 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36594-7Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12030-0Published: 12 May 2015
Series ISSN: 2297-2951
Series E-ISSN: 2297-296X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 428
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences