Multifaceted Mathematicians
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Title: | Multifaceted Mathematicians |
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Authors: | Sepulcre, Juan Matias |
Research Group/s: | Curvas Alpha-Densas. Análisis y Geometría Local |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Matemáticas |
Keywords: | Mathematicians | History of mathematics |
Knowledge Area: | Análisis Matemático |
Issue Date: | Jul-2017 |
Publisher: | Claremont Colleges Library |
Citation: | Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. 2017, 7(2): 217-238. doi:10.5642/jhummath.201702.10 |
Abstract: | This report attempts to provide an overview of some of the mathematicians who have combined their mathematical knowledge with other academic and non-academic specialities. The various examples given, many of them included in the well-known MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, corroborate the fact that although the idea of the typical polymath has receded with the passage of time, until the end of the Renaissance, most well-known mathematicians were also well-versed in a number of different sciences such as philosophy, astronomy, and physics. We also highlight other, less common combinations of knowledge, in famous mathematicians who were experts in other disciplines or activities of a totally disparate nature. |
Sponsor: | The author's research was partially supported by Generalitat Valenciana under project GV/2015/035. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/68206 |
ISSN: | 2159-8118 |
DOI: | 10.5642/jhummath.201702.10 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Rights: | ©2017 by the authors. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License |
Peer Review: | si |
Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5642/jhummath.201702.10 |
Appears in Collections: | INV - CADAGL - Artículos de Revistas INV - GAM - Artículos de Revistas |
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