{"product_id":"9783032061508","title":"Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics : The CSHPM 2024 Volume (Annals of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics\/ Société canadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des mathématiques)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM). It showcases rigorously reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of the topics explored include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA critical discussion of thought experiments invoking Laplace s demon in the philosophy of science.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn examination of the Hebrew-language \u003cem\u003eSefer ha-Mispar\u003c\/em\u003e (Book of Number) by Elijah Mizrahi, a rabbi and mathematician from Constantinople.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn examination of the work of Cambridge tutor and textbook author John Martin Frederick Wright (1792 1842) to explain some mathematical concepts from Newton s \u003cem\u003ePrincipia\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe EvenQuads project developed by the Association for Women in Mathematics, which is aimed at creating vetted biographies of women mathematicians.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA look at the history of the CSHPM at its 50th anniversary by considering its role in the consolidation and professionalization of the history of mathematics as a discipline.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by leading scholars in the field, these papers are accessible not only to mathematicians and students of the history and philosophy of mathematics, but also to anyone with a general interest in mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAkcaguner, On Mathematical Constructions and Construction Tools.- Fillion, Scientific Demonology and the Philosophy of Scientific Practice.- Segev, Elijah Mizrahi, Rabbi, Mathematician, and Teacher in Constantinople at the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century.- Hollings, JMF Wright and Newton s Method of First and Last Ratios.- McGuire, Honoring the Past, Historical Women of the EvenQuads Project.- Hitchcock, Finding Unknowns in Medieval India, A Dialogue.- Wallach, Using Oral Histories to Document Sixty Years of Departmental Change.- Ackerberg Hastings, Communications in the Histories of Academic Societies, The Case of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Birkhauser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48870719783147,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":292.97,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9783032061508-1.jpg?v=1781718041","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9783032061508","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}