A Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in the History of Mathematics A Festschrift in Honor of Joseph W. Dauben /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rowe, David E. (Editor), Horng, Wann-Sheng (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2015.
• Series: Trends in the History of Science,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; History.; History of Mathematical Sciences.

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,...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics
• On the Boundaries of Mathematics and Physics
• European Mathematics in Transition
• Mathematics and its History in Modern Cultures
• Traditional Chinese Mathematics
• Chinese Mathematics: Transmissions and Transformation
• Selected Bibliography of Joseph W. Dauben
• Bibliography.