The Practice of Mathematics in Portugal

Sobre o livro

Papers from the International Meeting organized by the Portuguese Mathematical Society, Óbidos, 16-18 November 2000

Conteúdos

• 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 Philosophy during the 18th century. Da Cunha's position, 515-538
• «Essai sur les Principes de Mécanique», de José Anastácio da Cunha. Tradução do português de Patricia Radelet de Grave e Luís Saraiva, p. 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, Appendixes
  • 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