Social History of Nineteenth Century Mathematics

by Herbert Mehrtens, Henk Bos, Ivo Schneider

During the last few decades historians of science have shown a growing interest in science as a cultural activity and have regarded science more and more as part of the gene- ral developments that have occurred in society. This trend has been less evident arnong historians of mathematics, who traditionally concentrate primarily on tracing the develop- ment of mathematical knowledge itself. To some degree this restriction is connected with the special...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817630333
• ISBN13: 9780817630331
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"