Cultures of Mathematics and Logic

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Cultures of Mathematics and Logic Selected Papers from the Conference in Guangzhou, China, November 9-12, 2012 / edited by Shier Ju, Benedikt Löwe, Thomas Müller, Yun Xie. -
IX, 123 p. 19 illus., 2 illus. in color. online resource. - (Trends in the History of Science, ) Content notes : Preface -- Brendan Larvor: What are mathematical cultures? -- Benedikt Löwe: Philosophy or not? The study of cultures and practices of mathematics -- Baptiste Mélès: Abacus as a Programming Language: Computer Science and History of Mathematics -- Stig Andur Pedersen: Mathematics in Engineering and Science -- Johannes Wietzke: A Fashionable Curiosity: Claudius Ptolemy's "Desire for Knowledge" in Literary Context -- Jia-Ming Ying: Transmission and interactions among different types of geometrical argumentations: From Jesuits in China to Nam Pyŏng-Gil in Korea. 9783319315027 * Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. Logic. History of Mathematical Sciences. Mathematical Logic and Foundations. Logic. * Ju, Shier., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtLöwe, Benedikt., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtMüller, Thomas., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtXie, Yun., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt * Title * Series