MA2MP_SHIM Seminar for history of mathematics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2013
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Beránek, CSc.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MA2MP_SHIM/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. H. Durnová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to distinguish between various approaches to history of mathematics.
Syllabus
  • 1. History of exact sciences in the Czech lands (Luboš Nový et al.) 2. Nicolas Bourbaki, Architecture of mathematics 3. Dirk Jan Struik, A Concise History of Mathematics 4. The work of Albína Dratvová and Quido Vetter 5. The work of Petr Vopěnka 6. Imre Lakatos, Proofs and refutations 7. Baartel Leenert van der Waerden, Science Awakening 8. Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Acivity in the historiography of mathematics in the 20th century 9. Thomas S. Kuhn, Structures of Scientific Revolutions 10. Daniel Špelda, Changes in the historiography of Science 11. Jeremy Gray and José Ferreiros, Architecture of Modern Mathematics
Literature
    required literature
  • STRUIK, Dirk J. Dějiny matematiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1963, 250 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • ŠPELDA, Daniel. Astronomie v antice. Ostrava: Montanex, 2006, 262 s. ISBN 8072252100. info
  • KUHN, Thomas S. The structure of scientific revolutions. 2nd ed., enl. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970, xii, 210. ISBN 0226458040. info
  • LAKATOS, Imre. Dokazatel'stva i oproverženija : kak dokazyvajutsja teoremy. Moskva: Nauka, 1967, 150 s. info
Teaching methods
Seminar with active participation of the students. Students are expected to read assigned texts every week.
Assessment methods
Active participation in the seminar and a seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2013, recent)
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