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Chapter 20 in A. Karp and G. Schubring (eds.), Handbook on the History of Mathematics Education, New-York 2014. (pp. 405-427)
Due to the 20th century mathematical and scientific developments of Georg Cantor, Max Karl Planck, Albert Einstein, and Werner Heisenberg, concepts once relegated to obscurity, such as irrationality, infinity, insolvability, and chaos,... more
Tento popularizačný článok o matematických hádankách z včasného stredoveku vyšiel na stránkach HistoryWeb.sk 19.10. 2016. Článok nájdete na:... more
En 1891, Léon Eyrolles crée « L’École chez soi », la première école par correspondance au monde, qui est devenue plus tard l’École spéciale des travaux publics, du bâtiment et de l’industrie (ESTPBI). Cette école visait notamment à former... more
Modern concept of education is based on students' centered learning approaches where collaborative instructional strategy is an emerging approach. It has been tested in different subjects and its effectiveness has been proved. Therefore,... more
Schon bevor der Mathematikdidaktiker Walther Lietzmann explizit Texte zur Ur- und Frühgeschichte veröffentlichte, traten in einigen seiner Schriften historische und vorgeschichtliche Themen auf. Er machte darin die These stark, dass sich... more
It's about the origins of math, and it's short.
This paper will investigate the general class theory of polycalculii, and theory originally developed and introduced on the Quora platform as a kind of philosophy of logic and mathematics. The ostensible goal at minima will be to... more
Who was Sulaymân al-Harâ’irî? Little is known about this enigmatic and controversial scholar. Born in Tunis in 1824, he settled in Paris in 1856 and died there in 1877. His unpublished manuscripts contain many translations into Arabic of... more
Diaporama d'un exposé fait le 6 novembre 2017 au séminaire PEHPST de l'université de Caen-Normandie. A. Enseignement des sciences et histoire des sciences en France au XIXe siècle : un contexte spécifique pour les mathématiques ? B. Le... more
Wolfschmidt, Gudrun (ed.): Festschrift -- Proceedings of the Christoph J. Scriba Memorial Meeting - History of Mathematics. ,,Mathematik ist eine Bedingung aller exakten Erkenntnis" - Immanuel Kant (1724-1804). Wissenschaftliches... more