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Archimedes in the 21st Century [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a World Conference at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences / / edited by Chris Rorres
| Archimedes in the 21st Century [[electronic resource] ] : Proceedings of a World Conference at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences / / edited by Chris Rorres |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 160 p. 127 illus., 103 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Collana | Trends in the History of Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Applied mathematics Engineering mathematics History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematical and Computational Engineering |
| ISBN | 3-319-58059-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Archimedes the Pragmatic Engineer -- Archimedes the Military Engineer -- Archimedes the Geometer -- Archimedes the Mathematician -- Archimedes and Ship Design.- Archimedes Screw in the 21st Century -- Archimedes, Astronomy, and the Planetarium -- Archimedes in the 21st Century Imagination. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254300003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2017 | ||
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Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future [[electronic resource] ] : Volume II: The 1500s to the Future / / edited by Kim Williams, Michael J. Ostwald
| Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future [[electronic resource] ] : Volume II: The 1500s to the Future / / edited by Kim Williams, Michael J. Ostwald |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (680 p.) |
| Disciplina |
510
510.9 519 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Mathematics in Art and Architecture History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-319-00143-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part VII: Theories of Representation -- Part VIII: From 1600 AD to 1900 AD -- Part IX: 1900–2000 -- Part X: Contemporary Approaches to Design and Analysis -- Part XI: Theories and Applications of Computer Sciences -- Index -- Acknowledgements. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299783003321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015 | ||
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Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future [[electronic resource] ] : Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s / / edited by Kim Williams, Michael J. Ostwald
| Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future [[electronic resource] ] : Volume I: Antiquity to the 1500s / / edited by Kim Williams, Michael J. Ostwald |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (723 p.) |
| Disciplina |
510
510.9 519 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Mathematics in Art and Architecture History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-319-00137-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: Introduction -- Part II: From 2000 BC to 300AD -- Part III: Theories of Measurement and Structure -- Part IV: From 1100 AD to 1400 AD -- Part V: Theories of Proportion, Symmetry, Periodicity -- Part VI: From 1500 AD to 1600 AD -- Index -- Acknowledgements. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299780303321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Art of Science [[electronic resource] ] : From Perspective Drawing to Quantum Randomness / / edited by Rossella Lupacchini, Annarita Angelini
| The Art of Science [[electronic resource] ] : From Perspective Drawing to Quantum Randomness / / edited by Rossella Lupacchini, Annarita Angelini |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
| Disciplina |
363.69
501 509.03 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
Physics History Cultural heritage Philosophy and science Quantum physics Mathematics in Art and Architecture History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics History of Mathematical Sciences Cultural Heritage Philosophy of Science Quantum Physics |
| ISBN | 3-319-02111-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | From Perspective Drawing to the Eighth Dimension -- Seeing Reality in Perspective: The “Art of Optics” and the “Science of Painting” -- The Role of Perspective in the Transformation of European Culture -- Visual Differential Geometry and Beltrami’s Hyperbolic Plane.- All Done by Mirrors: Symmetries, Quaternions, Spinors, and Clifford Algebras -- Artists & Gamblers on the Way to Quantum Physics -- Radices Sophisticae, Racines Imaginaires: The Origins of Complex Numbers in the Late Renaissance -- Random, Complex, and Quantum. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910299970403321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Arto Salomaa: Mathematician, Computer Scientist, and Teacher [[electronic resource] ] : A Thematic Biography / / by Jukka Paakki
| Arto Salomaa: Mathematician, Computer Scientist, and Teacher [[electronic resource] ] : A Thematic Biography / / by Jukka Paakki |
| Autore | Paakki Jukka |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 303 p. 61 illus., 41 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 004.09 |
| Soggetto topico |
Computers
Mathematics History Discrete mathematics Computer science—Mathematics History of Computing Theory of Computation History of Mathematical Sciences Discrete Mathematics Mathematics of Computing |
| ISBN | 3-030-16049-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Professor's Son -- Child and Youngster in Turku, Finland -- Master and Doctor of Science -- Master of Many-Valued Logic -- Prehistory of Automata and Formal Languages -- Father of Formal Languages -- Champion of L -- President of EATCS -- Master of Formal Power Series -- Champion of Cryptography -- Master of Biocomputing -- Academician, One of the Twelve -- All-Round Grand Champion -- Champion of Sauna, Master of Music and Sports -- Äijä: The Great Grandfather -- Q.E.D. -- App. A, References and Suggested Reading -- App. B, PhDs Supervised by Arto Salomaa -- App. C, Textbooks and Handbooks by Arto Salomaa -- Name Index. |
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Paakki Jukka
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
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The Ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th Century Society [[electronic resource] /] / by Elisabetta Strickland
| The Ascent of Mary Somerville in 19th Century Society [[electronic resource] /] / by Elisabetta Strickland |
| Autore | Strickland Elisabetta |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 102 p. 19 illus., 7 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 500.20924 |
| Collana | Springer Biographies |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Sociology History of Mathematical Sciences Gender Studies |
| ISBN | 9783319491936 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A peculiar childhood -- The two marriages -- New horizons in Paris -- The Grand Tour to Italy -- The nomadic life -- Portrait of a lady -- Taking part in the unification of Italy -- The death of William Somerville -- Garibaldi, the hero she never met -- Life in Naples -- A peaceful end -- Conclusions. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155302403321 |
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Strickland Elisabetta
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : 104 BC - AD 1644 / / by Jean-Claude Martzloff
| Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : 104 BC - AD 1644 / / by Jean-Claude Martzloff |
| Autore | Martzloff Jean-Claude |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (485 p.) |
| Disciplina | 510 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Mathematical physics History of Mathematical Sciences Mathematical Physics |
| ISBN | 3-662-49718-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVENTIONS; FOREWORD; INITIAL FOREWORD; Part I Chinese Astronomical Canons and Calendars; 1 PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS; The State of the Art; Methodological Orientations; Computistics and Predictive Astronomy; The Paradox of the Chinese Calendar; The Calendar and its Calculations; The Difficulty of Access to Astronomical Knowledge; The Surface and Deep Structures; Two Notions of Time; The Double History of the Calendar; Historical Sources (Surface Structure); Historical sources (Deep Structure)
NumbersThe Key Ideas of Astronomical Canons; Political and Cultural Factors: An Example; The Reforms of Astronomical Canons; The Bureau of Astronomy; The Names of Astronomical Canons; 2 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CHINESE CALENDAR; Limitation and Scope; Fundamental Components; The Day; The Solar Year; The Twenty-Four Solar Breaths; The Seventy-Two Seasonal Indicators; The Five Phases; The Lunar Year; Lunar Months, Ordinary and Intercalary; The Structure of the Lunar Year; The Percentage of Full and Hollow Months; Local Patterns of Full and Hollow Months The Astronomical Months and the Lunisolar CouplingThe Beginning of the Lunar Year; Dynastic Eras and Concordance Tables; Cycles and Pseudo-Cycles; Definitions; The Denary Cycle; The Duodecimal Cycle; The Inverted Tree; The Sexagenary Cycle; Various Uses of the Sexagenary Cycle; The Nine Color Palaces; The Planetary Week; The Twenty-Eight Mansions; The Jianchu Pseudo-Cycle with Reduplications; The Nayin Cycle with Reduplications; Other Aspects; Festivals and Annual Observances; Irregular Years; Part II Calculations; 3 NUMBERS AND CALCULATION; Modes of Representation of Numbers; Various Zeroes The Zero-CircleThe History Zero Revisited; Numerical Constants; The Epoch; The Superior Epoch; The Support Year; The Emerging Year; Numbers of Years from the Epoch; Changes of Origin; Support Days; Binomial Representations; Fractional Representations; Mean and True Elements; Definitions; Historical Aspects; Notation and Terminology; Fundamental Elements; The Last Solar Breath of a Lunar Year; The Numbering of New Moons; The Lunisolar Shift; Introduction; The Epact; The intercalary remainder (Runyu); The Monthly Epact and the Intercalary Month; Consequences; Pathological Calendars 4 MEAN ELEMENTSMean Elements in Practice; Metonic constants; Metonic Calculations; Justifications; Non-Metonic Canons; Calculation Variants; 5 TRUE ELEMENTS (618-1280); Introduction; True Solar Breaths; Some Peculiarities Leading to Simplifications; A Technical Term: The ruqi; A General Mode of Calculation of the ruqi; Another Mode of Calculation; The Calculation of the ruqi from Mean Solar Breaths; Another Technical Term: The ruli; The ruli; Tables and Interpolation Techniques; Solar Tables; Lunar Tables; The Solar Correction; Further Remarks On the Solar Correction; The Lunar Correction Calculations Without Tables |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254080303321 |
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Martzloff Jean-Claude
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| Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe [[electronic resource] /] / by Agustín Udías
| Athanasius Kircher, the Mysteries of the Geocosmos, Magnetism, and the Universe [[electronic resource] /] / by Agustín Udías |
| Autore | Udías Agustín |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 pages) |
| Disciplina | 001.2092 |
| Soggetto topico |
Science - History
Mathematics History Physics - History History of Science History of Mathematical Sciences History of Physics and Astronomy |
| ISBN | 3-031-53008-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Athanasius Kircher’s life and works -- The museum and correspondence -- The books -- 3. The geocosmos and the interior of the Earth -- Short index of the twelve books -- Preface: Earthquakes and volcanoes -- The Earth center of the universe -- The interior of the Earth -- The oceans and seas -- The subterranean fire, water and air -- Fountains, rivers, and lakes -- The terrestrial element -- Nature of the geocosmos -- Fossils, subterranean animals, men, and demons -- Poisons in the subterranean world -- Metals and mines -- Chemical transformations -- "Panspermia", the origin of plants and animals -- Chemical work -- 4. Magnetism and the cosmic magnetic chain -- Early work on magnetism and the Earth’s magnetic field -- Kircher and magnetism -- Nature and properties of magnets -- Magnetic declination -- Observations of magnetic declination -- The magnetic map -- Causes of magnetic declination -- Magnetism as a cosmic and spiritual force -- 5. A space journey and the vision of the universe -- Introduction -- Preambles by Schott and Kircher -- Preamble by Schott -- Preamble by Kircher -- Dialog I: Journeys to Moon, Venus, Mercury, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and the Firmament -- Dialog II: God’s providence in the work of the World -- Ecstatic Journey II -- Dialog I: The water element and the universal principle of things -- Dialog II: The admirable arcane of the Geocosmos or Terrestrial World -- Dialog III: Ecstatic journey to the subterranean world -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Books on Athanasius Kircher published from 2000 to 2020 -- Appendix 2. Table of Contents of Mundus subterraneus -- Appendix 3. Table of Contents of Magnes sive de arte Magnetica -- Appendix 4. Table of Contents of Iter exstaticum coelestem -- Kircher’s Works Mentioned -- Bibliography -- Index by Names. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910845485403321 |
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Udías Agustín
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2024 | ||
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Axiomatic Thinking II [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fernando Ferreira, Reinhard Kahle, Giovanni Sommaruga
| Axiomatic Thinking II [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fernando Ferreira, Reinhard Kahle, Giovanni Sommaruga |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Disciplina | 516 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical logic
Mathematics - Philosophy Mathematics History Mathematical Logic and Foundations Philosophy of Mathematics History of Mathematical Sciences Axiomes |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-030-77799-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Volume 2: Logic, Mathematics, and other Sciences -- Part II: Logic -- A Framework for Metamathematics -- Simplified Cut Elimination for Kripke-Platek Set Theory -- On the Performance of Axiom Systems -- Well-Ordering Priciples in Proof Theory and Reverse Mathematics -- Part III: Mathematics -- Reflections on the Axiomatic Approach to Continuity -- Abstract Generality, Simplicity, Forgetting, and Discovery -- Varieties of Infiniteness in the Existence of Infinitely Many Primes -- Axiomatics as a Functional Strategy for Complex Proofs: the Case of Riemann Hypothesis -- Part IV: Other Sciences -- What is the Church-Turing Thesis? -- Axiomatic Thinking in Physics--Essence or Useless Ornament? -- Axiomatic Thinking--Applied to Religion. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910595053703321 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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Axiomatic Thinking II [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fernando Ferreira, Reinhard Kahle, Giovanni Sommaruga
| Axiomatic Thinking II [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Fernando Ferreira, Reinhard Kahle, Giovanni Sommaruga |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2022.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Disciplina | 516 |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematical logic
Mathematics - Philosophy Mathematics History Mathematical Logic and Foundations Philosophy of Mathematics History of Mathematical Sciences Axiomes |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN | 3-030-77799-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Volume 2: Logic, Mathematics, and other Sciences -- Part II: Logic -- A Framework for Metamathematics -- Simplified Cut Elimination for Kripke-Platek Set Theory -- On the Performance of Axiom Systems -- Well-Ordering Priciples in Proof Theory and Reverse Mathematics -- Part III: Mathematics -- Reflections on the Axiomatic Approach to Continuity -- Abstract Generality, Simplicity, Forgetting, and Discovery -- Varieties of Infiniteness in the Existence of Infinitely Many Primes -- Axiomatics as a Functional Strategy for Complex Proofs: the Case of Riemann Hypothesis -- Part IV: Other Sciences -- What is the Church-Turing Thesis? -- Axiomatic Thinking in Physics--Essence or Useless Ornament? -- Axiomatic Thinking--Applied to Religion. . |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996490346103316 |
| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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