Cultures of Mathematics and Logic Selected Papers from the Conference in Guangzhou, China, November 9-12, 2012 /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Ju, Shier (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Löwe, Benedikt (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Müller, Thomas (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Xie, Yun (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016.
• Σειρά: Trends in the History of Science,
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Logic.; History.; Mathematical logic.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Mathematical Logic and Foundations.

This book gathers the proceedings of the conference "Cultures of Mathematics and Logic," held in Guangzhou, China. The event was the third in a series of interdisciplinary, international conferences emphasizing the cultural components of philosophy of mathematics and logic. It brought toge...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• Brendan Larvor: What are mathematical cultures?
• Benedikt Löwe: Philosophy or not? The study of cultures and practices of mathematics
• Baptiste Mélès: Abacus as a Programming Language: Computer Science and History of Mathematics
• Stig Andur Pedersen: Mathematics in Engineering and Science
• Johannes Wietzke: A Fashionable Curiosity: Claudius Ptolemy's "Desire for Knowledge" in Literary Context
• Jia-Ming Ying: Transmission and interactions among different types of geometrical argumentations: From Jesuits in China to Nam Pyŏng-Gil in Korea.