Technology and Mathematics
Philosophical and Historical Investigations
Editors: Hansson, Sven Ove (Ed.)
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- Combines philosophical and historical approaches to the technology–mathematics relationship
- The contributors include leading experts in the philosophy and history of both technology and mathematics
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This volume is the first extensive study of the historical and philosophical connections between technology and mathematics. Coverage includes the use of mathematics in ancient as well as modern technology, devices and machines for computation, cryptology, mathematics in technological education, the epistemology of computer-mediated proofs, and the relationship between technological and mathematical computability. The book also examines the work of such historical figures as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Charles Babbage, Ada Lovelace, and Alan Turing.
- About the authors
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Sven Ove Hansson is professor in the philosophy of technology and head of the Division of Philosophy, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. He is former president of the Society for Philosophy and Technology, and editor-in-chief of Theoria and the two book series Outstanding Contributions to Logic and Philosophy, Technology, and Society. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences. His research areas include philosophy of science and technology, logic, value theory, decision theory, ethics, and political philosophy.
- Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 3-10
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Mathematics and Technology Before the Modern Era
Pages 13-31
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Computation in Medieval Western Europe
Pages 33-46
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Leibniz and the Calculus Ratiocinator
Pages 47-78
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Mathematics and Mechanical Computation
Pages 79-106
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Technology and Mathematics
- Book Subtitle
- Philosophical and Historical Investigations
- Editors
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- Sven Ove Hansson
- Series Title
- Philosophy of Engineering and Technology
- Series Volume
- 30
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-93779-3
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-93779-3
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-93778-6
- Series ISSN
- 1879-7202
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 373
- Number of Illustrations
- 54 b/w illustrations
- Topics
