Overview
- The first book based on an international symposium devoted to mathematical correspondence in the context of critical editions
- Covers a broad range of mathematicians and gives information about the editions of their collected mathematical papers
- Spans over the Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment, Industrial Revolution, Italian Risorgimento to German National Socialism
Part of the book series: Trends in the History of Science (TRENDSHISTORYSCIENCE)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Mathematical correspondence offers a rich heritage for the history of mathematics and science, as well as cultural history and other areas. It naturally covers a vast range of topics, and not only of a scientific nature; it includes letters between mathematicians, but also between mathematicians and politicians, publishers, and men or women of culture.
Wallis, Leibniz, the Bernoullis, D'Alembert, Condorcet, Lagrange, Gauss, Hermite, Betti, Cremona, Poincaré and van der Waerden are undoubtedly authors of great interest and their letters are valuable documents, but the correspondence of less well-known authors, too, can often make an equally important contribution to our understanding of developments in the history of science.
Mathematical correspondences also play an important role in the editions of collected works, contributing to the reconstruction of scientific biographies, as well as the genesis of scientific ideas, and in the correct dating and interpretation of scientific writings.
This volume is based on the symposium “Mathematical Correspondences and Critical Editions,” held at the 6th International Conference of the ESHS in Lisbon, Portugal in 2014. In the context of the more than fifteen major and minor editions of mathematical correspondences and collected works presented in detail, the volume discusses issues such as
• History and prospects of past and ongoing edition projects,
• Critical aspects of past editions,
• The complementary role of printed and digital editions,
• Integral and partial editions of correspondence,
• Reproduction techniques for manuscripts, images and formulae, and the editorial challenges and opportunities presented by digital technology.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mathematical Correspondences and Critical Editions
Editors: Maria Teresa Borgato, Erwin Neuenschwander, Irène Passeron
Series Title: Trends in the History of Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73577-1
Publisher: Birkhäuser Cham
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-73575-7Published: 23 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-73577-1Published: 22 March 2019
Series ISSN: 2297-2951
Series E-ISSN: 2297-296X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIV, 345
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, History of Science, Philosophy of Technology