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History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar: Amir Alexander (UCLA)
History and Philosophy of Mathematics Seminar: Amir Alexander (UCLA)
"The Sceptical Mathematician: How John Wallis Saved Mathematics for the Royal Society." Abstract: The members of the “Invisible College” and the early Royal Society championed an experimental approach to the study of nature as the proper path to the advancement of knowledge and the preservation of civic peace. Mathematics, while admired, was also viewed with suspicion, […]