书目名称 | Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe |
编辑 | Lesley B. Cormack,Steven A. Walton,John A. Schuste |
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概述 | Frames the ‘scholar/craftsman’ argument as a conversation about influence, appropriation, and collaboration.Treats the interconnections between practice and theoretical change at the time of the Scien |
丛书名称 | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science |
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描述 | .This book argues that we can only understand transformations of nature studies in the Scientific Revolution if we take seriously the interaction between practitioners (those who know by doing) and scholars (those who know by thinking). These are not in opposition, however. Theory and practice are end points on a continuum, with some participants interested only in the practical, others only in the theoretical, and most in the murky intellectual and material world in between. It is this borderland where influence, appropriation, and collaboration have the potential to lead to new methods, new subjects of enquiry, and new social structures of natural philosophy and science..The case for connection between theory and practice can be most persuasively drawn in the area of mathematics, which is the focus of this book. Practical mathematics was a growing field in early modern Europe and these essays are organised into three parts which contribute to the debate about the role ofmathematical practice in the Scientific Revolution. First, they demonstrate the variability of the identity of practical mathematicians, and of the practices involved in their activities in early modern Europe. Se |
出版日期 | Book 2017 |
关键词 | E; G; R; Taylor; Edgar Zilsel; Joseph Needham; Mathematical Practitioners; Mathematical instruments; Schola |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49430-2 |
isbn_softcover | 978-3-319-84160-1 |
isbn_ebook | 978-3-319-49430-2Series ISSN 1871-7381 Series E-ISSN 2215-1958 |
issn_series | 1871-7381 |
copyright | Springer International Publishing AG 2017 |