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The Object And The Study Of Mathematics, Pinar Karaca Nov 1997

The Object And The Study Of Mathematics, Pinar Karaca

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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A Course In Mathematical Ethics, Robert P. Webber Nov 1997

A Course In Mathematical Ethics, Robert P. Webber

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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What Kind Of Thing Is A Number?: A Talk With Reuben Hersh, Reuben Hersh Jul 1997

What Kind Of Thing Is A Number?: A Talk With Reuben Hersh, Reuben Hersh

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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A Brief Tribute To Π, J. D. Phillips Jul 1997

A Brief Tribute To Π, J. D. Phillips

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Sand Songs: The Formal Languages Of Warlpiri Iconography, James V. Rauff Jul 1997

Sand Songs: The Formal Languages Of Warlpiri Iconography, James V. Rauff

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Illumination And Geometry In Islamic Art, Salma Marani Jul 1997

Illumination And Geometry In Islamic Art, Salma Marani

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Al-Khawarizmi's Algebra: The First Paradigm In Algebra, Murad Jurdak Jul 1997

Al-Khawarizmi's Algebra: The First Paradigm In Algebra, Murad Jurdak

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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See-Duction: How Scientists And Artists Are Creating A Third Way Of Knowing, Howard Levine Jul 1997

See-Duction: How Scientists And Artists Are Creating A Third Way Of Knowing, Howard Levine

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Curriculum Development Via Literary And Musical Forms, Joel K. Haack Jul 1997

Curriculum Development Via Literary And Musical Forms, Joel K. Haack

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Book Reviews: Uncommon Sense, By Alan Cromer, And The Physics Of Immortality, By Frank J. Tipler, Harald M. Ness Jul 1997

Book Reviews: Uncommon Sense, By Alan Cromer, And The Physics Of Immortality, By Frank J. Tipler, Harald M. Ness

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

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Was Newton's Calculus A Dead End? The Continental Influence Of Maclaurin's Treatise Of Fluxions, Judith V. Grabiner May 1997

Was Newton's Calculus A Dead End? The Continental Influence Of Maclaurin's Treatise Of Fluxions, Judith V. Grabiner

Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research

We will show that Maclaurin's Treatise of Fluxions did develop important ideas and techniques and that it did influence the mainstream of mathematics. The Newtonian tradition in calculus did not come to an end in Maclaurin's Britain. Instead, Maclaurin's Treatise served to transmit Newtonian ideas in calculus, improved and expanded, to the Continent. We will look at what these ideas were, what Maclaurin did with them, and what happened to this work afterwards. Then, we will ask what by then should be an interesting question: why has Maclaurin's role been so consistently underrated? Thse questions will involve general matters of …