Collaboration and Rivalry in the Publishing of Newton’s Mathematics: A Study of Russell Library, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Shelfmark: Sc. 22. 3
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Publication Date:
2024
Citation:
Collaboration and Rivalry in the Publishing of Newton’s Mathematics: A Study of Russell Library, St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Shelfmark: Sc. 22. 3 / N. Guicciardini corsi salviati, S. Mandelbrote (TRENDS IN THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE). - In: Mathematical Book Histories : Printing, Provenance, and Practices of Reading / [a cura di] P. Beeley, C. Mac an Bhaird. - [s.l] : Springer, 2024 Aug 13. - ISBN 9783031326097. - pp. 485-531 [10.1007/978-3-031-32610-3_11]
abstract:
The purpose of this chapter is to study a miscellany of mathematical essays3
gathered in a volume held at the Russell Library, St Patrick’s College,4
Maynooth. The study of this volume will allow us to learn about the strategies5
of publication and manuscript circulation adopted by mathematicians belonging6
to Pitcairne’s and Newton’s circles and about the prestige they sought to acquire7
by showing prowess in the new techniques of the infinitesimal calculus, in par-8
ticular the so-called ‘method of quadratures’ or ‘inverse method of fluxions’,9
i.e. the method of integration, as Leibniz and Johann Bernoulli would say. The10
study of this collection has something to teach us about the collaboration and11
disputes that characterized mathematics in the early eighteenth century,
gathered in a volume held at the Russell Library, St Patrick’s College,4
Maynooth. The study of this volume will allow us to learn about the strategies5
of publication and manuscript circulation adopted by mathematicians belonging6
to Pitcairne’s and Newton’s circles and about the prestige they sought to acquire7
by showing prowess in the new techniques of the infinitesimal calculus, in par-8
ticular the so-called ‘method of quadratures’ or ‘inverse method of fluxions’,9
i.e. the method of integration, as Leibniz and Johann Bernoulli would say. The10
study of this collection has something to teach us about the collaboration and11
disputes that characterized mathematics in the early eighteenth century,
IRIS type:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
Isaac Newton; history of mathematics; history of the book
List of contributors:
N. Guicciardini corsi salviati, S. Mandelbrote
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Book title:
Mathematical Book Histories : Printing, Provenance, and Practices of Reading