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  1. William Whewell (1794 - 1866) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Sep 2023: M Morrison, Whewell on the Ultimate Problem of Philosophy, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 28 (1997), 417-437. ... L J Snyder, Renovating the Novum Organum: Bacon, Whewell and Induction, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science 30 (1999),

  2. Harriot's manuscripts - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: century. Neither fully succeeded. In fact Stephen Peter Rigaud, who succeeded Robertson to both Savilian chairs at Oxford, was much more interested in the history of mathematics than Robertson had been. ... It is written in [1] that he:-. played a major

  3. Anastácio da Cunha (1744 - 1787) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: A N Bogolyubov, The views of J A da Cunha in the domain of mechanics (Russian), in Studies in the history of mathematics 19 'Nauka' (Moscow, 1974), 177-187. ... Issled. 24 (1979), 186-190, 387-388. A P Yushkevich, J A da Cunha and problems on the

  4. R L Wilder: "Cultural Basis of Mathematics I" - MacTutor…

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

    7 Mar 2023: Using methods that have now become so impersonal and objective as to merit its being classed among the natural sciences rather than with such social studies as history, anthropology has made ... References:. W W R Ball, A short account of the history of

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

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

    1 Sep 2015: Neither achieved lasting mathematical fame, but both made valuable contributions in related fields, such as education and the history of mathematics. ... and Rudio’s interest in the history of mathematics.

  6. Egyptian mathematics - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: Inst. Math. Appl. 16 (10) (1980), 219-221. S Gandz, A few notes on Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics, in Studies and Essays in the History of Science and Learning Offered in ... 12 (2) (1985), 107-122. C S Roero, Egyptian mathematics, in I

  7. Jia Xian (1010 - 1070) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Philos. 4 (2) (1994), 207-266. S Guo, Preliminary research into Jia Xian's Huangdi Jiuzhang Suanjing Xicao (Chinese), Studies in the History of Natural Sciences 7 (4) (1988), 328 -334. ... R Mei, Jia Xian's additive-multiplicative method for the

  8. Karl Pearson (1857 - 1936) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: J B S Haldane, Karl Pearson, 1857 - 1957 : A centenary lecture delivered at University College London, in E S Pearson and M G Kendall, Studies in the History of Statistics and ... E S Pearson, Some early correspondence between W S Gosset, R A Fisher and

  9. Eisele books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: Its tentative title is Studies in the Scientific and Mathematical Philosophy of Charles S Peirce. ... Indeed, her role in developing the current interest in Peirce is especially significant, for she is one of the very few who studies his contributions to

  10. Egyptian Papyri - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    18 Jan 2024: Inst. Math. Appl. 16 (10) (1980), 219-221. S Gandz, A few notes on Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics, in Studies and Essays in the History of Science and Learning Offered in ... 12 (2) (1985), 107-122. C S Roero, Egyptian mathematics, in I