Article ID: CBB001220010

“This Compendious Language”: Mathematics in the World of Augustus De Morgan (2011)

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Richards, Joan L. (Author)


Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Volume: 102
Pages: 506--510


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Part of a special section: “The History of Science and the History of Mathematics”
Language: English

Mathematics is the most chameleon of subjects, whose meaning is differently defined in different circumstances. This essay considers the mathematics of Augustus De Morgan as an illustration of the ways that the essence of the subject, the very objects that are included within it, has been adjusted in response to cultural factors. Since these cultural factors are the same ones that shape scientific development, the argument is that the history of mathematics and the history of science are always inextricably bound to one another.

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Authors & Contributors
Richards, Joan L.
Rice, Adrian
Donal Murphy
Wilson, Robin J.
Wang, Xiao-qin
Verburgt, Lukas M.
Concepts
Mathematics
Science education and teaching
Science and society
Science and religion
Logic
Calculus
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Great Britain
France
India
Institutions
East India College
East India Company (English)
London Mathematical Society
Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge
Royal Institution of Great Britain
Oxford University
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