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41. James McBride (1868 - 1949) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    1 May 2023: This paper studies the history of a particular geometrical problem, namely the equal internal bisectors theorem. ... McBride begins his paper by writing:-. This paper contains (i) a short history of the geometrical theorem proposed in 1840 by Professor

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

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

    7 Mar 2023: References:. W W R Ball, A short account of the history of mathematics (Macmillan, London, 1888; 4th ed.,1908). ... Here is a link to theW W R Ball, A short account of the history of mathematics (Macmillan, London, 1888; 4th ed.,1908).

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

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

    23 Nov 2023: 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).

44. R L Wilder: "Cultural Basis of Mathematics II" - MacTutor…

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

    7 Mar 2023: References:. W W R Ball, A short account of the history of mathematics (Macmillan, London, 1888; 4th ed.,1908). ... Here is a link to theW W R Ball, A short account of the history of mathematics (Macmillan, London, 1888; 4th ed.,1908).

45. Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 - 1762) - Biography - MacTutor…

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

    4 Oct 2023: A Berry, A Short History of Astronomy (Dover Publications, New York, 1961). ... D S Evans, Lacaille: astronomer, traveller; with a new translation of his journal (Pachart History of Astronomy Series, Tucson, 1992).

46. Santalo quotes - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: On 9 June 1943, at the invitation of the Student Centre, Santaló delivered a lecture in Rosario with the title 'Brief History and Current State of Some Chimeras and Fantasies of ... Radio is an invention with very little history: from its conception to

47. Doris Hellman (1910 - 1973) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    2 Dec 2023: She received a Master of Arts degree in the history of science in 1931. ... an organization with a short title (like 'Metropolitan New York Section of the History of Science Society').

48. Christodoulou books - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    28 Feb 2024: Let us make a short review of the history of the study of the phenomena of sound in fluids, in particular the phenomena of the formation and evolution of shocks in ... The theory's roots extend over almost the entire previous history of physics and

49. Alexander Grothendieck (1928 - 2014) - Biography - MacTutor History…

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

    26 Feb 2024: event in the history of mathematics: one of the giants of 20th century mathematics delivering a short course on homological algebra in a remote forest hideout in a desperately poor country

50. 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