Article ID: CBB000933313

Congrés Internacional “300 Aniversari Leonhard Euler (1707--2007)”. Una presentación informal (2008)

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Lusa Monforte, Guillermo (Author)


Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria
Volume: 9
Pages: 3--8

ISSN: 1135-934X

Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: 300 Aniversari de Leonhard Euler (1707--2007)

This paper is a transcript of the inaugural speech for the congress organized by the Polytechnical University of Catalonia in Barcelona, devoted to Leonhard Euler. The author discusses the special place of Euler in the history of science, in an intermediate field between pure mathematics and engineering. The author recalls that Euler has been celebrated on several occasions in Barcelona and at the Polytechnical University of Catalonia. In 1993 a selection of texts by Euler was published by the University un collaboration with the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The paper also discusses the role of great characters in history of science, such as Leonhard Euler, outstanding figures the analysis of whom promotes the study of history of science.

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Description “Discusses the special place of Euler in the history of science, in an intermediate field between pure mathematics and engineering.” (from the abstract)


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Article Pla i Carrera, Josep (2008) El Tractat d'Euler “De la Doctrina dels nombres, exposada en setze capítols”. Una comparativa amb el “Disquisitiones Arithmeticae” de Gauss. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 167). unapi

Article Suay Belenguer, Juan Miguel (2008) Los Molinos y las Cometas por Mr. Euler le fils. Modelos matemáticos para las máquinas hidráulicas en el siglo XVIII. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 117). unapi

Article Knobloch, Eberhard (2008) Euler Transgressing Limits: The Infinite and Music Theory. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 9). unapi

Article Delshams, Amadeu; Massa Esteve, Maria Rosa (2008) Consideracions al voltant de la Funció Beta a l'obra de Leonhard Euler (1707--1783). Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 59). unapi

Article Navarro Loidi, Juan Miguel (2008) El número e en los textos matemáticos españoles del siglo XVIII. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 145). unapi

Article González Urbaneja, Pedro Miguel (2008) Euler y la Geometría Analítica. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 83). unapi

Article Ferraro, Giovanni (2008) The Integral as an Anti-Differential. An Aspect of Euler's Attempt to Transform the Calculus into an Algebraic Calculus. Quaderns d'Història de l'Enginyeria (p. 25). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Ferraro, Giovanni
Yushkevich, A. P.
Yuan, Min
Sandifer, Charles Edward
Rodrigues, José Francisco
Richeson, David S.
Concepts
Mathematics
Number theory; number concept
Calculus
Conference proceedings
Science and society
Topology
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
17th century
Places
Russia
Europe
Spain
Germany
France
Institutions
St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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