Why should historical truth matter to mathematicians? Dispelling myths while promoting maths

DOI10.1080/17498430701339584MaRDI QIDQ3593588zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Judith V. Grabiner

Publication date 23 July 2007

Published in BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430701339584

zbMATH Keywords

CauchyColin MaclaurinIndian trigonometryIsaac NewtonLagrangemathematical truthseven myths in the history of mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sociology (and profession) of mathematics (01A80) Historiography (01A85)

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