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Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703)

Volume IV (1672-April 1675)

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The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616 -1703) is a critically acclaimed resource in the history of early modern science. Volume IV covers the period from 1672 to April 1675 and contains over eighty previously unpublished letters. It documents Wallis''s role in the crucial debate over the method of tangents involving figures such as Sluse, James Gregory, Hudde, Barrow, Newton, and Christiaan Huygens. In this way it illuminates further an important part of the history of the calculus. Wallis''s letters also provide valuable new insights into mathematical book production and the importance of the international exchange of books in the growth and dissemination of mathematical knowledge. We learn more about the part played by the intelligencer John Collins and the astronomer royal John Flamsteed in the edition of Jeremiah Horrox''s Opera posthuma, published by Wallis in 1673. There are also new insights on the background to Wallis''s early work on equations, and the reasons why he criticized Gaston Pardies''s proposed tract on motion. The causes of the breakdown in Wallis''s epistolary relation to Christiaan Huygens following the publication of the Horologium oscillatorium in 1673 are also revealed. Many letters reflect Wallis''s active involvement in the Royal Society. Through the medium of correspondence the Savilian professor participated in numerous debates such as those over the anomalous suspension of mercury in the Torricellian tube or Hevelius''s use of plain sights in positional astronomy. The volume allows us to gain a deeper understanding of the background to these debates. Furthermore, the volume throws important new light on the history of the University of Oxford and of the University Press in the early modern period. As keeper of the University Archives, Wallis was one of the institution''s highest officers. Scarcely any event of note concerning the University did not require his involvement in some way, and this is reflected in numerous letters and documents which the volume publishes for the first time.

Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703)

Volume III (October 1668-1671)

AvChristoph J. Scriba,Philip Beeley

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Containing many previously unpublished letters, this third volume of a six volume collection of the complete correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703), documents an important period in the history of the Royal Society and the University of Oxford. By providing access to these letters, this painstakingly crafted edition will enable readers to gain a deeper and richer awareness of the intellectual culture on which the growth of scientific knowledge in early modernEurope was based.Wallis was Savilian Professor of Geometry of Oxford from 1649 until his death, and was a founding member of the Royal Society and a central figure in the scientific and intellectual history of England. In the period covered Wallis is engaged in scientific debates on techniques for determining areas contained by curves (quadratures) and figures (cubatures), as well as on the theory of motion and the nature of the tides. He also continues to attack the mathematical undertakings of Thomas Hobbesand to respond to attacks which the philosopher in turn levels against him. We also find evidence for the consolidation of mathematics as an academic discipline in the University of Oxford just fifty years after the establishment of the first mathematical lecturerships. Wallis is called upon more thanonce to deliver ceremonial lectures on mathematical topics to foreign dignitaries visiting the University.At the same time the volume allows us to witness the beginnings of a remarkable development in mathematical publishing. Many of Wallis''s letters to Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society, on a variety of topics in the mathematical and physical sciences, are transformed into articles and published in Oldenburg''s journal, the Philosophical Transactions. Part of the reason for this development also becomes clear in the letters: the long and costly process of publishing mathematical bookssuch as Wallis''s three part Mechanica: sive de motu. This volume not only signals the modernization of mathematics in the second half of the seventeenth century but we also see two new figures emerge for the first time, whose careers are in different ways closely associated with Wallis: Isaac Newtonand Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Del 1 - The Correspondence of John Wallis 1616-1703

The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703)

Volume 1 (1641 - 1659)

AvPhilip Beeley,Christoph J. Scriba

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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This is the first volume of a six volume compendium on the correspondences of John Wallis (1616-1703). Wallis was Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford from 1649 until his death, and was a founding member of the Royal Society and a central figure in the scientific and intellectual history of England. Along with his role as decipherer on the Parlimentary side during the Civil War, he prepared the ground for the discovery of infinitesimal calculus by Newton and Leibniz and played a decisive role in modernization of English mathematics. This volume provides fascinating insight into the life of Wallis through his correspondences with intellectual and political figures of the latter part of the 17th century.

Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703)

Volume III (October 1668-1671)

AvPhilip Beeley,Christoph J. Scriba

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Containing many previously unpublished letters, this third volume of a six volume collection of the complete correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703), documents an important period in the history of the Royal Society and the University of Oxford. By providing access to these letters, this painstakingly crafted edition will enable readers to gain a deeper and richer awareness of the intellectual culture on which the growth of scientific knowledge in early modern Europe was based. Wallis was Savilian Professor of Geometry of Oxford from 1649 until his death, and was a founding member of the Royal Society and a central figure in the scientific and intellectual history of England. In the period covered Wallis is engaged in scientific debates on techniques for determining areas contained by curves (quadratures) and figures (cubatures), as well as on the theory of motion and the nature of the tides. He also continues to attack the mathematical undertakings of Thomas Hobbes and to respond to attacks which the philosopher in turn levels against him. We also find evidence for the consolidation of mathematics as an academic discipline in the University of Oxford just fifty years after the establishment of the first mathematical lecturerships. Wallis is called upon more than once to deliver ceremonial lectures on mathematical topics to foreign dignitaries visiting the University. At the same time the volume allows us to witness the beginnings of a remarkable development in mathematical publishing. Many of Wallis's letters to Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society, on a variety of topics in the mathematical and physical sciences, are transformed into articles and published in Oldenburg's journal, the Philosophical Transactions. Part of the reason for this development also becomes clear in the letters: the long and costly process of publishing mathematical books such as Wallis's three part Mechanica: sive de motu. This volume not only signals the modernization of mathematics in the second half of the seventeenth century but we also see two new figures emerge for the first time, whose careers are in different ways closely associated with Wallis: Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703)

Volume IV (1672-April 1675)

AvPhilip Beeley,Christoph J. Scriba

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616 -1703) is a critically acclaimed resource in the history of early modern science. Volume IV covers the period from 1672 to April 1675 and contains over eighty previously unpublished letters. It documents Wallis's role in the crucial debate over the method of tangents involving figures such as Sluse, James Gregory, Hudde, Barrow, Newton, and Christiaan Huygens. In this way it illuminates further an important part of the history of the calculus. Wallis's letters also provide valuable new insights into mathematical book production and the importance of the international exchange of books in the growth and dissemination of mathematical knowledge. We learn more about the part played by the intelligencer John Collins and the astronomer royal John Flamsteed in the edition of Jeremiah Horrox's Opera posthuma, published by Wallis in 1673. There are also new insights on the background to Wallis's early work on equations, and the reasons why he criticized Gaston Pardies's proposed tract on motion. The causes of the breakdown in Wallis's epistolary relation to Christiaan Huygens following the publication of the Horologium oscillatorium in 1673 are also revealed. Many letters reflect Wallis's active involvement in the Royal Society. Through the medium of correspondence the Savilian professor participated in numerous debates such as those over the anomalous suspension of mercury in the Torricellian tube or Hevelius's use of plain sights in positional astronomy. The volume allows us to gain a deeper understanding of the background to these debates. Furthermore, the volume throws important new light on the history of the University of Oxford and of the University Press in the early modern period. As keeper of the University Archives, Wallis was one of the institution's highest officers. Scarcely any event of note concerning the University did not require his involvement in some way, and this is reflected in numerous letters and documents which the volume publishes for the first time.

5000 Years of Geometry

Mathematics in History and Culture

AvChristoph J. Scriba,Peter Schreiber

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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The present volume provides a fascinating overview of geometrical ideas and perceptions from the earliest cultures to the mathematical and artistic concepts of the 20th century. It is the English translation of the 3rd edition of the well-received German book “5000 Jahre Geometrie,” in which geometry is presented as a chain of developments in cultural history and their interaction with architecture, the visual arts, philosophy, science and engineering.Geometry originated in the ancient cultures along the Indus and Nile Rivers and in Mesopotamia, experiencing its first “Golden Age” in Ancient Greece. Inspired by the Greek mathematics, a new germ of geometry blossomed in the Islamic civilizations. Through the Oriental influence on Spain, this knowledge later spread to Western Europe. Here, as part of the medieval Quadrivium, the understanding of geometry was deepened, leading to a revival during the Renaissance. Together with parallel achievements in India, China, Japan and theancient American cultures, the European approaches formed the ideas and branches of geometry we know in the modern age: coordinate methods, analytical geometry, descriptive and projective geometry in the 17th an 18th centuries, axiom systems, geometry as a theory with multiple structures and geometry in computer sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries.Each chapter of the book starts with a table of key historical and cultural dates and ends with a summary of essential contents of geometry in the respective era. Compelling examples invite the reader to further explore the problems of geometry in ancient and modern times.The book will appeal to mathematicians interested in Geometry and to all readers with an interest in cultural history.From letters to the authors for the German language editionI hope it gets a translation, as there is no comparable work.Prof. J. Grattan-Guinness (Middlesex University London)"Five Thousand Years of Geometry" - I think it is the most handsome book I have ever seen from Springer and the inclusion of so many color plates really improves its appearance dramatically!Prof. J.W. Dauben (City University of New York)An excellent book in every respect. The authors have successfully combined the history of geometry with the general development of culture and history. …The graphic design is also excellent.Prof. Z. Nádenik (Czech Technical University in Prague)

5000 Years of Geometry

Mathematics in History and Culture

AvPeter Schreiber,Christoph J. Scriba

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The present volume provides a fascinating overview of geometrical ideas and perceptions from the earliest cultures to the mathematical and artistic concepts of the 20th century. It is the English translation of the 3rd edition of the well-received German book “5000 Jahre Geometrie,” in which geometry is presented as a chain of developments in cultural history and their interaction with architecture, the visual arts, philosophy, science and engineering.

Geometry originated in the ancient cultures along the Indus and Nile Rivers and in Mesopotamia, experiencing its first “Golden Age” in Ancient Greece. Inspired by the Greek mathematics, a new germ of geometry blossomed in the Islamic civilizations. Through the Oriental influence on Spain, this knowledge later spread to Western Europe. Here, as part of the medieval Quadrivium, the understanding of geometry was deepened, leading to a revival during the Renaissance. Together with parallel achievements in India, China, Japan and theancient American cultures, the European approaches formed the ideas and branches of geometry we know in the modern age: coordinate methods, analytical geometry, descriptive and projective geometry in the 17th an 18th centuries, axiom systems, geometry as a theory with multiple structures and geometry in computer sciences in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Each chapter of the book starts with a table of key historical and cultural dates and ends with a summary of essential contents of geometr

y in the respective era. Compelling examples invite the reader to further explore the problems of geometry in ancient and modern times.

The book will appeal to mathematicians interested in Geometry and to all readers with an interest in cultural history.

From letters to the authors for the German language edition

I hope it gets a translation, as there is no comparable work.

Prof. J. Grattan-Guinness (Middlesex University London)

"Five Thousand Years of Geometry" - I think it is the most handsome book I have ever seen from Springer and the inclusion of so many color plates really improves its appearance dramatically!

Prof. J.W. Dauben (City University of New York)

An excellent book in every respect. The authors have successfully combined the history of geometry with the general development of culture and history. …

The graphic design is also excellent.

Prof. Z. Nádenik (Czech Technical University in Prague)

5000 Jahre Geometrie

Geschichte, Kulturen, Menschen

AvPeter Schreiber,Christoph J. Scriba

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Schon lange bevor die Schrift entwickelt wurde, hat der Mensch geometrische Strukturen wahrgenommen und systematisch verwendet. So entstehen beim Weben und Flechten einfache zweidimensionale Muster und ohne dreidimensionale Körper wie Quader, Würfel oder Pyramide ist keine Bautätigkeit denkbar. Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen faszinierenden Überblick über die geometrischen Vorstellungen und Erkenntnisse der Menschen von der Urgesellschaft bis hin zu den komplexen mathematischen wie auch künstlerischen Ideen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Neben vielen Abbildungen wird jede Epoche mit einer Tabelle zeit- und kulturgeschichtlicher Daten eingeleitet und mit einer tabellarischen Darstellung der wesentlichen Inhalte der Geometrie dieser Zeit abgeschlossen. Aufgaben am Ende jeden Kapitels laden den Leser ein, sich an den Problemen der alten Meister selber zu versuchen. Ein Buch für alle, die der Lebendigkeit und Entwicklung der Geometrie als erste "Anwendungswissenschaft" nachspüren wollen.

Für die 2. Auflage wurde ein Kapitel über geometrischen Vorstellungen amerikanischer Frühkulturen hinzugefügt und im ersten Kapitel neuste Forschungsergebnisse eingearbeitet.

5000 Jahre Geometrie

Geschichte, Kulturen, Menschen

AvChristoph J. Scriba,Peter Schreiber

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Schon lange bevor die Schrift entwickelt wurde, hat der Mensch geometrische Strukturen wahrgenommen und systematisch verwendet. So entstehen beim Weben und Flechten einfache zweidimensionale Muster und ohne dreidimensionale Körper wie Quader, Würfel oder Pyramide ist keine Bautätigkeit denkbar. Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen faszinierenden Überblick über die geometrischen Vorstellungen und Erkenntnisse der Menschen von der Urgesellschaft bis hin zu den komplexen mathematischen wie auch künstlerischen Ideen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Neben vielen Abbildungen wird jede Epoche mit einer Tabelle zeit- und kulturgeschichtlicher Daten eingeleitet und mit einer tabellarischen Darstellung der wesentlichen Inhalte der Geometrie dieser Zeit abgeschlossen. Aufgaben am Ende jeden Kapitels laden den Leser ein, sich an den Problemen der alten Meister selber zu versuchen. Ein Buch für alle, die der Lebendigkeit und Entwicklung der Geometrie als erste "Anwendungswissenschaft" nachspüren wollen.Für die 3. Auflage wurden neuste Forschungsergebnisse über steinzeitliche Kreisgrabenanlagen und die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra aus der Bronzezeit aufgenommen. Zahlreiche Abbildungen, viele davon jetzt in Farbe, erhöhen den Lesegenuss des Buches."Ein spannender Überblick über die Entwicklung von Konzepten und Erkenntnissen der Geometrie von der Frühgeschichte über die Antike, die Bauhüttenbücher des Mittelalters und die Renaissancezeit bis zur Gegenwart." archimedes "Die Fülle des Stoffes ist beeindruckend." Spektrum der Wissenschaften "Allen an Mathematik Interessierten ist dieses Buch sehr zu empfehlen. Ganz besonders gilt diese Empfehlung den Mathematik-Lehrerinnen und -Lehrern: Es gibt garantiert etwas, was für Sie neu und interessant ist und wodurch Sie Anregungen für Ihren Unterricht bekommen." mathemaik.de "Ich gratuliere den Autoren herzlich zu dem großen Wurf, der Ihnen mit dem wundervollen "Geschichten"-Buch gelungen ist. Das Buch istin der ganzen Anlage originell. Die Ausstattung empfinde ich als die eben nötige Fassung für so ein Juwel." Prof. Gunter Weiss, TU Dresden, Lehrstuhl für Geometrie

5000 Jahre Geometrie

Geschichte, Kulturen, Menschen

AvPeter Schreiber,Christoph J. Scriba

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Schon lange bevor die Schrift entwickelt wurde, hat der Mensch geometrische Strukturen wahrgenommen und systematisch verwendet. So entstehen beim Weben und Flechten einfache zweidimensionale Muster und ohne dreidimensionale Körper wie Quader, Würfel oder Pyramide ist keine Bautätigkeit denkbar. Das vorliegende Buch gibt einen faszinierenden Überblick über die geometrischen Vorstellungen und Erkenntnisse der Menschen von der Urgesellschaft bis hin zu den komplexen mathematischen wie auch künstlerischen Ideen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Neben vielen Abbildungen wird jede Epoche mit einer Tabelle zeit- und kulturgeschichtlicher Daten eingeleitet und mit einer tabellarischen Darstellung der wesentlichen Inhalte der Geometrie dieser Zeit abgeschlossen. Aufgaben am Ende jeden Kapitels laden den Leser ein, sich an den Problemen der alten Meister selber zu versuchen. Ein Buch für alle, die der Lebendigkeit und Entwicklung der Geometrie als erste "Anwendungswissenschaft" nachspüren wollen.

Für die 3. Auflage wurden neuste Forschungsergebnisse über steinzeitliche Kreisgrabenanlagen und die Himmelsscheibe von Nebra aus der Bronzezeit aufgenommen. Zahlreiche Abbildungen, viele davon jetzt in Farbe, erhöhen den Lesegenuss des Buches."Ein spannender Überblick über die Entwicklung von Konzepten und Erkenntnissen der Geometrie von der Frühgeschichte über die Antike, die Bauhüttenbücher des Mittelalters und die Renaissancezeit bis zur Gegenwart." archimedes

"Die Fülle des Stoffes ist beeindruckend." Spektrum der Wissenschaften

"Allen an Mathematik Interessierten ist dieses Buch sehr zu empfehlen. Ganz besonders gilt diese Empfehlung den Mathematik-Lehrerinnen und -Lehrern: Es gibt garantiert etwas, was für Sie neu und interessant ist und wodurch Sie Anregungen für Ihren Unterricht bekommen." mathemaik.de

"Ich gratuliere den Autoren herzlich zu dem großen Wurf, der Ihnen mit dem wundervollen "Geschichten"-Buch gelungen ist. Das Buch istin der ganzen Anlage originell. Die Ausstattung empfinde ich als die eben nötige Fassung für so ein Juwel." Prof. Gunter Weiss, TU Dresden, Lehrstuhl für Geometrie

5000 Jahre Geometrie

Geschichte Kulturen Menschen

AvPeter Schreiber,Christoph J. Scriba

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aufgezeigt und auch die Auswirkungen geometrischer Erkenntnisse und Metho den auf diese Bereiche beschrieben. Aus diesem Grunde ist auch die Entwick lung der Geometrie in anderen Kulturen - vornehmlich in den orientalischen Kulturen der Antike, in den islamischen Ländern sowie in Indien, China und Japan - ausführlicher als üblich behandelt. Tabellen am Anfang der Kapitel geben Einblick in wichtige politische und kulturelle Ereignisse der behandelten Kulturkreise bzw. Epochen, in Tabellen am Ende sind jeweils die wesentlichen Inhalte der darin entwickelten Geometrie stichwort artig zusammengefaßt. Darüber hinaus werden Sichtweisen von Mathematikern des Altertums oder des Mittelalters mit mathematischen Erkenntnissen der Neuzeit verglichen und Bezüge zur zeitgenössischen Mathematik und verwandten Wissenschaften her gestellt, z. B. Bezüge zur Informatik in der Beschreibung der "algorithmischen Leistung" Euklids. Zum anderen werden die Spezifika geometrischer Betrach tung in verschiedenen Epochen und Kulturkreisen herausgestellt und der Wan del von Inhalten, Methoden und Betrachtungsweisen der Geometrie im Laufe der Jahrhunderte anschaulich beschrieben, etwa der Wandel der Geometrie als Protophysik im dreidimensionalen Raum zur Theorie n-dimensionaler oder gar unendlich-dimensionaler Räume. Die Zusammenhänge der Geometrie mit an deren Teilgebieten der Mathematik - z. B. mit Algebra, Analysis und Stocha stik - werden erörtert. Erfrischende Einschübe mit biographischen Schlaglich tern und Hinweisen auf unerwartete Zusammenhänge sowie die Textauszüge im Anhang beleben die Lektüre dieses Buches. Die Kapitel 1 bis 4 mit Ausnahme des Teilkapitels 2. 3 (Euklid) stammen aus der Feder des Mathematikhistorikers Dr. Christoph J.

Del 27 - Science Networks. Historical Studies

Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development

AvJoseph Warren Dauben,Joseph W. Daubenm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2002

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Writing the History of Mathematics provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written in ancient Greece to recent efforts in the 20th century. A special project of the International Commission on History of Mathematics, this work is the result of more than ten years of collaboration by a team of 32 experts, each writing about the history of mathematics in their own countries or regions, and drawing upon extensive research and archival study. In addition to individuals, such institutions as universities, academies, institutes, libraries, and the like are also covered, including journals, encyclopedias, and other collective projects that promote history of mathematics. The book also includes portraits of twenty-five historians of mathematics.

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