Article ID: CBB000931388

The Status of Mathematics in Portugal in the 16th--17th Centuries (2007)

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Mota, Bernardo Machado (Author)


HOST: Journal of History of Science and Technology
Volume: 1
Pages: 183--194


Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: “The Circulation of Science and Technology”
Language: English

My investigation tried to detect echoes of the debate (Applicability of mathematics to Aristotelian science) in Portugal. First there was the need to set a corpus of texts to search into. Secondly, the debate being so linked to mathematical practice, there was a need to know who did mathematics in Portugal in the period of the scientific revolution, what level of mathematics were Portuguese able to achieve and at what extend there was Portuguese participation in the making of European mathematics. Finally, a twofold investigation was imposed: the study of the debate among scholars in Portugal, and among Portuguese scholars in Paris.

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Authors & Contributors
Saraiva, Luís
Baldini, Ugo
Cristiano Casalini
Gulizia, Stefano
Piccinali, Luca
Malara, Ivan
Concepts
Mathematics
Aristotelianism
Physics
Manuscripts
Philosophy
Science education and teaching
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Renaissance
Early modern
18th century
Places
Portugal
Italy
Europe
China
Bento Fernandes (Brazil)
Pisa (Italy)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Universidade de Coimbra
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