I. Grattan-Guinness - Companion encyclopedia of the history and philosophy of the mathematical sciences, Volume 2

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Volume 2

Edited by
I.GRATTAN-GUINNESS

LONDON AND NEW YORK

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First published in 1994

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2003.

Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge Inc.
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Selection and editorial matter
1994 I.Grattan-Guinness

The articles 1994 Routledge

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Companion encyclopedia of the history and philosophy of the mathematical
sciences/edited by Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-03785-9
1. MathematicsHistory. 2. MathematicsPhilosophy. I. Grattan
Guinness, I.
QA21.E57 1992
510'.9dc20 9213707
CIP

ISBN 0-203-01458-8 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-32588-5 (OEB Format)

ISBN 0-415-03785-9 (set)
0-415-09238-8 (Vol. 1)
0-415-09239-6 (Vol. 2)

Illustration on title page:

Antelopes drawn by the (Ts)Chokwe people of Angola in their tradition
of monolinear art; the main block of the pattern is composed of one
continuous line, and is so designed that a regular lattice of dots can be
inserted in the spaces (see P.Gerdes, Lusona: Geometrical Recreations of
Africa, 1991, Maputo, Mozambique: Eduardo Mondlare University Press, 15).
On this tradition see 1.8 by C.Zaslavsky, Section 3.

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The late E.J.AITON (Manchester, England): mechanics and engineering

S.G.BRUSH (College Park, Maryland, USA): physics

J.FAUVEL (Milton Keynes, England): education and institutions

I.GRATTAN-GUINNESS (London, England): calculus and analysis; logic and foundations

J.J.GRAY (Milton Keynes, England): geometries

E.KNOBLOCH (Berlin, Germany): probability and statistics

A.C.LEWIS (Hamilton, Canada): bibliography and reference

A.G.MOLLAND (Aberdeen, Scotland): medieval and Renaissance periods

D.PINGREE (Providence, Rhode Island, USA): non-Western traditions

H.M.PYCIOR (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA): algebras

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