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{{short description|Book by Joseph Dauben}}
'''''Revolutions in Mathematics''''' is an influential collection of essays in the history and philosophy of mathematics.▼
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▲'''''Revolutions in Mathematics''''' is
==Contents==
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*[[Joseph Dauben]], Conceptual revolutions and the history of mathematics: two studies in the growth of knowledge (1984) (49–71);
*Joseph Dauben, Appendix (1992): revolutions revisited (72–82);
*[[Paolo Mancosu]], Descartes's Géométrie and revolutions in mathematics (83–116);
*[[Emily Grosholz]], Was Leibniz a mathematical revolutionary? (117–133);
*[[Giulio Giorello]], The "fine structure" of mathematical revolutions: metaphysics, legitimacy, and rigour. The case of the calculus from Newton to Berkeley and Maclaurin (134–168);
*Yu Xin Zheng, Non-Euclidean geometry and revolutions in mathematics (169–182);
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*Michael Crowe, Afterword (1992): a revolution in the historiography of mathematics? (306–316).
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The book was reviewed by Pierre Kerszberg for ''[[Mathematical Reviews]]'' and by [[Michael S. Mahoney]] for ''[[American Mathematical Monthly]]''. Mahoney says "The title should have a question mark." He sets the context by referring to [[paradigm shift]]s that characterize scientific revolutions as described by [[Thomas Kuhn]] in his book ''[[The Structure of Scientific Revolutions]]''. According to Michael Crowe in chapter one, revolutions never occur in mathematics. Mahoney explains how mathematics grows upon itself and does not discard earlier gains in understanding with new ones, such as happens in biology, physics, or other sciences. A nuanced version of revolution in mathematics is described by Caroline Dunmore who sees change at the level of "meta-mathematical values of the community that define the telos and methods of the subject, and encapsulate general beliefs about its value." On the other hand, reaction to innovation in mathematics is noted, resulting in "clashes of intellectual and social values".
==Editions==
* Gillies, Donald (1992) ''Revolutions in Mathematics
==References==
* Pierre Kerszberg (1994, 2009) [https://www.ams.org/mathscinet/pdf/1192351.pdf Review of ''Revolutions in Mathematics''] in [[Mathematical Reviews]].
* Michael S. Mahoney (1994) "Review of ''Revolutions in Mathematics''", [[American Mathematical Monthly]] 101(3):283–7.
[[Category:1992 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Essay anthologies]]
[[Category:Mathematics books]]
▲[[Category:Essay collections]]
[[Category:History of mathematics]]
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