Perspectives in Mathematical Sciences
Author: Yisong Yang
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 371
ISBN-13: 9814289302
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Math Cognition
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2019-09-14
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 3030225372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is an anthology of contemporary studies from various disciplinary perspectives written by some of the world's most renowned experts in each of the areas of mathematics, neuroscience, psychology, linguistics, semiotics, education, and more. Its purpose is not to add merely to the accumulation of studies, but to show that math cognition is best approached from various disciplinary angles, with the goal of broadening the general understanding of mathematical cognition through the different theoretical threads that can be woven into an overall understanding. This volume will be of interest to mathematicians, cognitive scientists, educators of mathematics, philosophers of mathematics, semioticians, psychologists, linguists, anthropologists, and all other kinds of scholars who are interested in the nature, origin, and development of mathematical cognition.
Perspectives In Mathematical Science Ii: Pure Mathematics
Author: N S Narasimha Sastry
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9814467855
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a collection of invited articles by distinguished Mathematicians on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the Indian Statistical Institute, during the year 2007. These articles provide a current perspective of different areas of research, emphasizing the major challenging issues. Given the very significant record of the Institute in research in the areas of Statistics, Probability and Mathematics, distinguished authors have very admirably responded to the invitation. Some of the articles are written keeping students and potential new entrants to an area of mathematics in mind. This volume is thus very unique and gives a perspective of several important aspects of mathematics.
Perspectives In Mathematical Science I: Probability And Statistics
Author: N S Narasimha Sastry
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2009-07-06
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9814467863
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a collection of invited articles by distinguished probabilists and statisticians on the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of the Indian Statistical Institute — a notable institute with significant achievement in research areas of statistics, probability and mathematics — in 2007.With a wide coverage of topics in probability and statistics, the articles provide a current perspective of different areas of research, emphasizing the major challenging issues. The book also proves its reference and utility value for practitioners as the articles in Statistics contain applications of the methodology that will be of use to practitioners. To professional statisticians and mathematicians, this is a unique volume for its illuminating perspectives on several important aspects of probability and statistics.
Mathematics: Frontiers and Perspectives
Author: Vladimir Igorevich Arnolʹd
Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 476
ISBN-13: 9780821826973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA celebration of the state of mathematics at the end of the millennium. Produced under the auspices of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), the book was born as part of the activities of World Mathematical Year 2000. It consists of 28 articles written by influential mathematicians.
Leibniz and the Structure of Sciences
Author: Vincenzo De Risi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-01-01
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 3030255727
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book offers a collection of essays on various aspects of Leibniz’s scientific thought, written by historians of science and world-leading experts on Leibniz. The essays deal with a vast array of topics on the exact sciences: Leibniz’s logic, mereology, the notion of infinity and cardinality, the foundations of geometry, the theory of curves and differential geometry, and finally dynamics and general epistemology. Several chapters attempt a reading of Leibniz’s scientific works through modern mathematical tools, and compare Leibniz’s results in these fields with 19th- and 20th-Century conceptions of them. All of them have special care in framing Leibniz’s work in historical context, and sometimes offer wider historical perspectives that go much beyond Leibniz’s researches. A special emphasis is given to effective mathematical practice rather than purely epistemological thought. The book is addressed to all scholars of the exact sciences who have an interest in historical research and Leibniz in particular, and may be useful to historians of mathematics, physics, and epistemology, mathematicians with historical interests, and philosophers of science at large.
The Geometry of an Art
Author: Kirsti Andersen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2008-11-23
Total Pages: 837
ISBN-13: 0387489460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis review of literature on perspective constructions from the Renaissance through the 18th century covers 175 authors, emphasizing Peiro della Francesca, Guidobaldo del Monte, Simon Stevin, Brook Taylor, and Johann Heinrich. It treats such topics as the various methods of constructing perspective, the development of theories underlying the constructions, and the communication between mathematicians and artisans in these developments.
New Perspectives on Mathematical Practices
Author: Bart van Kerkhove
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9812812229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume focuses on the importance of historical enquiry for the appreciation of philosophical problems concerning mathematics. It contains a well-balanced mixture of contributions by internationally established experts, such as Jeremy Gray and Jens Hoyrup; upcoming scholars, such as Erich Reck and Dirk Schlimm; and young, promising researchers at the beginning of their careers. The book is situated within a relatively new and broadly naturalistic tradition in the philosophy of mathematics. In this alternative philosophical current, which has been dramatically growing in importance in the last few decades, unlike in the traditional schools, proper attention is paid to scientific practices as informing for philosophical accounts.
Perspectives on the History of Mathematical Logic
Author: Thomas Drucker
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2009-05-21
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 0817647694
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers insights into the development of mathematical logic over the last century. Arising from a special session of the history of logic at an American Mathematical Society meeting, the chapters explore technical innovations, the philosophical consequences of work during the period, and the historical and social context in which the logicians worked. The discussions herein will appeal to mathematical logicians and historians of mathematics, as well as philosophers and historians of science.
Mathematics in Service to the Community
Author: Charles Robert Hadlock
Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublisher description: This book looks at the wide variety of ways in which math, statistics, and math education teachers have incorporated service-learning into their courses. These projects are not just stand-alone community service initiatives, but rather they specifically target the improvement of mathematics skills and insights of the college students in the courses with which they are associated. In some cases, the projects are the major focus of the courses. In others, they may range from an essential component to one of several options. The book also speculates about heretofore untapped possibilities for service-learning, even including courses in pure mathematics. College faculty often may not fully appreciate the wide range of support mechanisms for such ventures even within their own institutions, so the book includes a lengthy chapter on the details of converting a rough idea to a solid action plan, sometimes even picking up financial support and other often unexpected benefits along the way. Creative teachers rarely implement a project in exactly the same way as a colleague might have, so the emphasis here is to display a wide range of successful projects in order to encourage readers to develop some of their own.
