Companion Encyclopedia of the History and Philosophy of the Mathematical Sciences

Volume Two

Ivor Grattan-Guiness

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2004
• ISBN:
  9781134888399
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Histoire
• Subtopic: Histoire du monde

First published in 2004. This book examines the history and philosophy of the mathematical sciences in a cultural context, tracing their evolution from ancient times up to the twentieth century. Includes 176 articles contributed by authors of 18 nationalities. With a chronological table of main events in the development of mathematics. Has a fully integrated index of people, events and topics; as well as annotated bibliographies of both classic and contemporary sources and provide unique coverage of Ancient and non-Western traditions of mathematics. Presented in Two Volumes.

Part 13

Reference and information

13.0

Introduction

13.1 Select bibliography of general sources Albert C. Lewis

13.2 Chronology Albert C. Lewis

13.3 Biographical notes Albert C. Lewis

13.4 List of authors and board members I. Grattan-Guinness

13.5 Index Albert C. Lewis

The encyclopedia is completed by articles to scan rather than to read. §13.1 lists important general books and periodicals (not only current ones) in the history of mathematics. There follows in §13.2 a chronology of some principal births, deaths, publications and (more rarely) other events; and in §13.3 a concise record of basic facts about the major mathematicians. The authors are listed in a similar way in §13.4; finally, §13.5 is a general index of persons and subjects.

13.1

Select bibliography of general sources

ALBERT C. LEWIS

This article provides an introduction both to the literature in the history of mathematics and to bibliographical sources for history and for mathematics itself. Items are ordered alphabetically by author or title, as appropriate. Limitations of space have forced selection to be severe, and omissions should not be taken as value judgements. For a higher degree of detail see Dauben (1.1) and May (1.5), both of which also list some major manuscript collections. See also the sources department of Historia mathematica (2.9). Many mathematical items are among the thousands of original printed books and periodicals in microform in D. Roller (ed.) 1968–, Landmarks of Science and Landmarks II, New Canaan, CT: Readex.

1 GUIDES AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES FOR HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS

1.1 Dauben, J. W. (ed.) 1985, The History of Mathematics from Antiquity to the Present: A Selective Bibliography, New York: Garland. [Forty-nine historians of mathematics contributed to this indexed, subject-arranged and heavily annotated bibliography.]

1.2 Grattan-Guinness, I. 1977, ‘History of mathematics’, in A. R. Dorling (ed.), Use of Mathematical Literature, London and Boston, MA: Butterworth, 60–77. [Other articles are also useful.]

1.3 Jayawardene, S. A. 1983, ‘Mathematical sciences’, in P. Corsi and P. Weindling (eds), Information Sources in the History of Science and Medicine, London: Butterworth, 259–84.

1.4 Loria, G. 1946, Guida allo studio della storia delle matematiche; generalità, didattica, bibliografia, 2nd edn, Mi...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Part 7 Geometries and topology
• Part 8 Mechanics and mechanical engineering
• Part 9 Physics and mathematical physics, and electrical engineering
• Part 10 Probability and statistics, and the social sciences
• Part 11 Higher education and institutions
• Part 12 Mathematics and culture
• Part 13 Reference and information