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David E. Rowe is Professor emeritus of History of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Mainz University. His principal research interests concern developments in Western mathematics and physics during the period 1800 to 1950 with special focus on Göttingen University. Since 2011 he and Klaus Volkert have co-edited the series Mathematik im Kontext. He has written or co-edited sixteen books, most recently Emmy Noether: Mathematician Extraordinaire (Springer 2021).


Tom Archibald took his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in History and Philosophy of Science and is currently Professor of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. His research concerns the history of mathematical analysis and its applications, and the relationship between mathematics and society more broadly. Until recently, he was co-editor-in-chief of Historia Mathematica and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics. He now serves on the editorial board of the Revue d'histoire des mathématiques.

A Cultural History of Mathematics

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 1 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781350063075
      978-1350063075
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      David E. Rowe is Professor emeritus of History of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Mainz University. His principal research interests concern developments in Western mathematics and physics during the period 1800 to 1950 with special focus on Göttingen University. Since 2011 he and Klaus Volkert have co-edited the series Mathematik im Kontext. He has written or co-edited sixteen books, most recently Emmy Noether: Mathematician Extraordinaire (Springer 2021).


      Tom Archibald took his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto in History and Philosophy of Science and is currently Professor of Mathematics at Simon Fraser University. His research concerns the history of mathematical analysis and its applications, and the relationship between mathematics and society more broadly. Until recently, he was co-editor-in-chief of Historia Mathematica and a member of the Executive Committee of the International Commission on the History of Mathematics. He now serves on the editorial board of the Revue d'histoire des mathématiques.

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