Social history of 19th-century mathematics (1981)
Mehrtens, Herbert (Editor)
Bos, Henk (Editor)
Schneider, Ivo H. (Editor)
Birkhäuser
Physical Details: xii + 301 pp.; bibl.
Description Contents: Struik, Dirk J.: Mathematics in the early part of the 19th century. Jahnke, Hans Niels, Otte, Michael: Origins of the program of “arithmetization of mathematics”. Hodgkin, Luke: Mathematics and revolution from Lacroix to Cauchy. Schneider, Ivo: Forms of professional activity in mathematics before the 19th century. Schubring, Gert: The conception of pure mathematics as an instrument in the professionalization of mathematics. Enros, Philip C.: Cambridge University and the adoption of analytics in early 19th-century England. Rogers, Leo: A survey of factors affecting the teaching of mathematics outside the universities in Britain in the 19th century. Bottazzini, Umberto: Mathematics in a unified Italy. Gross, Horst-Eckart: The employment of mathematicians in insurance companies in the 19th century. Bloor, David: Hamilton and Peacock on the essence of algebra. Hawkins, Thomas: The Berlin school of mathematics. Lewis, Albert C.: F. Schleiermacher's influence on H. Grassmann's mathematics. Mehrtens, Herbert: Social history of mathematics.
Chapter Bloor, David (1981) Hamilton and Peacock on the essence of algebra. In: Social history of 19th-century mathematics (p. 202).
Chapter Lewis, Albert C. (1981) F. Schleiermacher's influence on H. Grassmann's mathematics. In: Social history of 19th-century mathematics (p. 246).
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