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1. Xenocrates (396 BC - 314 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921). ... E Craig (ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy 9 (London-New York, 1998), 806-807.

2. Leopold Kronecker English version PDF (494k)

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Strick/kronecker.pdf

   3 Mar 2021: In the final exam he was asked not only about mathematical topics from very different areas, but also about the application of stochastic methods in astronomy and the history of philosophy; ... This mathematical philosophy of finitism was later developed

3. Education in St Andrews in 1849 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Education/St_A_education_1849/

   7 Mar 2023: In Charles Roger's book History of St Andrews: with a full account of the recent improvements in the city (Adam & Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1849) the University, Madras College and other ... The eight professorships are devoted to the inculcating of Latin

4. All Glossary Items - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Glossary/

   6 Jul 2023: Apollodorus (born: about 130 BC) was a Greek scholar who is best known for his Chronicle of Greek history. ... Diogenes Laertius (3rd century BC) was a Greek author who wrote an important history of Greek philosophy.

5. Leucippus (480 BC - 420 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: W K C Guthrie, History of Greek Philosophy II (Cambridge, 1965). ... B Russell, History of Western Philosophy (London, 1961), 82-90.

6. Mathematics at Aberdeen 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Education/Aberdeen_1/

   7 Mar 2023: Betty Ponting published a two-part article on the history of Mathematics at Aberdeen in The Aberdeen University Review. ... The Arts curriculum was to be widened with greater emphasis on Arithmetic and Geometry and to include teaching of Greek, Latin,

7. Chrysippus (280 BC - 206 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   7 Mar 2023: J B Gould, The philosophy of Chrysippus (Albany, NY, 1970). T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921). ... Logic 13 (2) (1992), 133-148. B Russell, History of Western Philosophy (London, 1961), 264-265.

8. Empedocles (492 BC - 432 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   4 Jan 2024: The reason for his four element theory was to argue a modification of the belief of the Eleatic School, one of the leading pre-Socratic schools of Greek philosophy, which had ... W K C Guthrie, A History of Greek Philosophy II (Cambridge, 1965), 122-265.

9. Anaxagoras (499 BC - 428 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

   28 Feb 2024: F M Cleve, The philosophy of Anaxagoras (New York, 1949). T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics 1 (Oxford, 1931). ... J Zafiropulo, Anaxagore de Clazomène (1948). B Russell, History of Western Philosophy (London, 1961), 79-81.

10. Stefanie Ursula Eminger PhD thesis PDF (4136k)

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Publications/Eminger.pdf

    1 Sep 2015: highlighted. A selection of Rudio’s contributions to the history of mathematics is studied as well. ... Neither achieved lasting mathematical fame, but both made valuable contributions in related fields, such as education and the history of mathematics.