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The Practice of Mathematics in Portugal.
Papers from the International Meeting organized by the Portuguese Mathematical Society, Óbidos, 16-18 November 2000,
Luís Saraiva e Henrique Leitão (eds.),
Coimbra, Acta Universitatis Conimbrigensis, 2004
758 pp.
Conteúdo - Henrique Leitão,
The Practice of Mathematics in Portugal: Problems and Methods, 1-33. - Luís Saraiva,
Historiography of Mathematics in Portugal, 35-61. - Bernard Goldstein,
Preliminary remarks on Judah Ben Verga's contributions to Astronomy, 63-90. - José Chabás,
Abraham Zacuto's contribution to Navigation, 91-108. - Edith Sylla,
Mathematics in the Liber de Triplici Motu (1509) of Alvarus Thomas of Lisbon, 109-161. - Eberhard Knobloch,
Nunes and Clavius, 163-194. - António Estácio dos Reis,
Pedro Nunes' Nonius, 195-223. - Victor Navarro Brotóns,
Astronomy and Cosmography 1561-1625. Different aspects of the activities of Spanish and Portuguese mathematicians and cosmographers, 225-274. - Francisco Contente Domingues,
Nautical training and ship command in Portugal (15th to 19th centuries), 275-291. - Ugo Baldini,
The teaching of mathematics in the Jesuit Colleges of Portugal from 1640 to Pombal, 293-465. - Carlos Ziller Camenietzki e Fábio Mendonça Pedrosa,
O retorno do cometa de 1682 e os trabalhos de juventude de José Monteiro da Rocha, 467-491. - João Queiró,
José Anastácio da Cunha: an assessment, 493-513. - Patricia Radelet de Grave,
Necessity and contingency in Natural Philosophyduring the 18th century. Da Cunha's position, 515-538. - Tradução do português de Patricia Radelet de Grave e Luís Saraiva,
«Essai sur les Principes de Mécanique», de José Anastácio da Cunha, 539-560. - Eduardo Ortiz,
António Monteiro, on the practice of mathematics, 561-600. - José Francisco Rodrigues,
Portuguese mathematical journals: some aspects of (almost) periodical research publications, 601-627. - Ugo Baldini and Henrique Leitão,
Appendices - Appendix a: Documents and Letters, 635-723. - Appendix B: Theses of Mathematics from Jesuit Schools, 725-744. - Appendix C: Scientific Manuscripts from the Santo Antão college, 745-758.
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