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51. Michael Stifel (1487 - 1567) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Stifel/

    11 Feb 2025: W W Rouse Ball, A short account of the history of mathematics (Courier Dover Publications, 1960). ... F Cajori, A history of mathematical notations (two vols.) (Courier Dover Publications, 1993).

52. British Association 1901 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/BA_1901/

    1 Oct 2024: An inspection of the documents establishes that it was mainly a society devoted to physics, chemistry and natural history. ... I propose to give some account of these problems, and to add a short history of the way in which a method of solution has been

53. Finkel's Solution Book - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Finkel_solution/

    7 Mar 2023: These so-called "Short-Cuts" should not be used at all in the schoolroom. ... civilization, will find a short sketch of the mathematicians from the earliest times down to the present day in Cajori's 'History of Mathematics' or Ball's 'A Short History of

54. James Bradley (1693 - 1762) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bradley/

    8 Oct 2024: A difference is made between nutation (short-term variations in the axis of rotation) and precession (long-term variations). ... M Hoskin, The History of Astronomy (A Very Short Introduction) (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003).

55. Mandelbrot: Foreword to "Abraham Robinson" by Dauben -…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Mandelbrot_Robinson/

    7 Mar 2023: Of course, good history had best begin with a good story, and the case of Abraham Robinson, truly singular for a mathematician, allows Joseph Dauben to alternate two narratives. ... Indeed, Dauben depicts Robinson's long-term moves and his short-term

56. Gyula Maurer (1927 - 2012) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Maurer/

    8 Aug 2024: era) and we now give a short history of the Bolyai University that Maurer entered.

57. Proudman books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Proudman_books/

    5 Aug 2024: There is a short history and bibliography at the end of each chapter. ... Each chapter has a short and useful introduction to the type of problem about to be discussed, and a concluding paragraph on the history of the subject, with a well-selected

58. Guillaume Bigourdan (1851 - 1932) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Bigourdan/

    7 Oct 2024: He also included a history of the discoveries and previous observations of the nebulae he worked on. ... L Baillaud, The Chalon Astronomer Benjamin Baillaud, and a Short History of His Bust in the Public Garden of Chalon-sur-Saône, Department of Physics

59. Nicolson publications - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Nicolson_publications/

    24 May 2024: We also give a short extract from a paper by Daniel J Duffy on 'Crank Nicolson in Financial Engineering'. ... Daniel J Duffy gives 'A short History of Crank Nicolson in Financial Engineering' in A Critique of the Crank Nicolson Scheme Strengths and

60. William Herschel (1738 - 1822) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Herschel_William/

    17 Mar 2025: A Armitage, William Herschel (Nelson, 1962). A Berry, A Short History of Astronomy. ... M Hoskin, The Herschel Partnership: as viewed by Caroline (Science History Publications, Cambridge, 2003).