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21. Simplicius on astronomy and physics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: However, it consists almost entirely of writings of Geminus on the scope of astronomy contrasted with that of physics which Simplicius quotes at length:-. ... The things, then, of which alone astronomy claims to give an account it is able to establish by

22. The teaching of mathematics in Ancient Rome - Some topics in the…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Projects/Watson/chapter-3/

    7 Mar 2023: For example Vitruvius, writing for architects, suggests that his students should include in their general education knowledge of Geometry, Optics, Arithmetic, Astronomy, and others (Law, Medicine, Music, Philosophy and History). ... Galen recommends to

23. 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,

24. Benoit Mandelbrot - Telegraph obituary - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obituaries/Mandelbrot_Telegraph/

    7 Mar 2023: He became expert in certain areas of linguistics; game theory; aeronautics; engineering; economics; physiology; geography; astronomy and physics. ... He was also an avid student of the history of science.

25. Agner Erlang (1878 - 1929) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    28 Apr 2024: thorough knowledge of the history of mathematical tables from ancient times right up to the present. ... We get further insight into his character from [3]:-. He collected a large library of books mainly on mathematics, astronomy and physics, but he was

26. Indian mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Indian_mathematics/

    10 Jul 2023: show). 1. R Calinger, A conceptual history of mathematics (Upper Straddle River, N. ... A I Volodarskii, Outlines of the history of medieval Indian mathematics (Russian) "Nauka" (Moscow, 1977).

27. A Brief History of Time and Calendars - MacTutor History of…

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Astronomy/bhistory/

    7 Mar 2023: References:. M Hoskin, The Cambridge Concise History of Astronomy (Cambridge, 1999). ... D Leverington, Encyclopaedia of the History of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Cambridge, 2013).

28. Payne-Gaposchkin introduction - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Payne-Gaposchkin_introduction/

    7 Mar 2023: 1. Preface. This book is intended to introduce the elements of astronomy to the student and to the general reader who may have little background to mathematics or physics. ... 2. Introduction: The Dawn of Astronomy. When Science from Creation's face.

29. Agnes Mary Clerke (1842 - 1907) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    26 May 2023: When she was fifteen years old she began to write her own history of astronomy. ... However she is perhaps best known for A Popular History of Astronomy during the Nineteenth Century (1885).

30. Byrd hints - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Jun 2023: One of the papers was Hints on the 'Popular Study of Astronomy', Sidereal Messenger 6 (1887), 151-156 and we give a version of this paper below. ... Everybody looks at the sky, but it is well nigh painful to any student of astronomy to consider how