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  • Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    The CSHPM 2024 Volume

    Edited by Maria Zack, David Waszek ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics (CSHPM). It showcases rigorously reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics.Some of the topics explored include:A critical discussion of thought experiments invoking “Laplace’s demon” in the philosophy of ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    The CSHPM 2023 Volume

    Edited by Maria Zack, David Waszek ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases rigorously reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics.Some of the topics explored include:The work of Alfred Clebsch and Adolph Mayer on the theory of the second variation, a topic in the ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    The CSHPM 2021 Volume

    Edited by Maria Zack, David Waszek ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This volume contains eighteen papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases rigorously-reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics, as well as the teaching of the history of mathematics.Some of the topics explored includeArabic editions of Euclid’s Elements from ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics

    The CSHPM 2022 Volume

    Edited by Maria Zack, David Waszek ...
    Series series Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
    This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics. It showcases rigorously reviewed contemporary scholarship on an interesting variety of topics in the history and philosophy of mathematics.Some of the topics explored include:A way to rethink how logic is taught to philosophy students by using a rejuvenated version of the ... Read more

    $166.99 CAD

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  • Scientific Representation

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  • Combinatorics: Ancient & Modern

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  • Classical Mathematics from Al-Khwarizmi to Descartes

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  • Taming the Unknown

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