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A Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in the History of Mathematics

A Festschrift in Honor of Joseph W. Dauben

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. David E. Rowe

    1. Institut für Mathematik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany

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  2. Wann-Sheng Horng

    1. National Taiwan Normal University Dept.of Mathematics, Taipei, Taiwan

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  • 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)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  3. On the Boundaries of Mathematics and Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Proofs and Contexts: the Debate between Bernoulli and Newton on the Mathematics of Central Force Motion

      • Niccolò Guicciardini
      Pages 67-102

    3. Saturn’s Rings from Laplace to Poincaré

      • Tom Archibald
      Pages 103-124

    4. Henri Poincaré and Hermann Weyl on the Foundations of Mathematics

      • Jeremy Gray
      Pages 125-149
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About this book

Joseph W. Dauben, a leading authority on the history of mathematics in Europe, China, and North America, has played a pivotal role in promoting international scholarship over the last forty years. This Festschrift volume, showcasing recent historical research by leading experts on three continents, offers a global perspective on important themes in this field.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Mathematik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz, Germany

    David E. Rowe

  • National Taiwan Normal University Dept.of Mathematics, Taipei, Taiwan

    Wann-Sheng Horng

About the editors

The editors of this Festschrift took their doctorates at CUNY Graduate Center under J.W. Dauben. Since graduating they have published widely on topics in the history of mathematics.

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

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