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Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern EuropeDuytsche Mathematique and the Building of a New Society: Pursuits of Mathematics in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe:... [In the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic mathematicians and mathematics acquired notable social and intellectual prestige. They contributed to the establishment of a new state, first through practical projects of fortification, navigation, land management, and later also through learned pursuits in academia and cultural circles. It can be said that the Republic provided particularly fertile grounds for academic pursuits, through its make-up of distributed wealth and power and its economic characteristics. The various towns and provinces provided various settings and opportunities to aspiring mathematicians. This chapter compares two notable sites, the provinces of Holland and Friesland, whose parallels and particularities put into perspective the interactions between mathematics and society in the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern EuropeDuytsche Mathematique and the Building of a New Society: Pursuits of Mathematics in the Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 45)
Editors: Cormack, Lesley B.; Walton, Steven A.; Schuster, John A.
Dijksterhuis, Fokko Jan
Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe — Mar 16, 2017
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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
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© Springer International Publishing AG 2017
ISBN
978-3-319-49429-6
Pages
167 –181
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-49430-2_9
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[In the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic mathematicians and mathematics acquired notable social and intellectual prestige. They contributed to the establishment of a new state, first through practical projects of fortification, navigation, land management, and later also through learned pursuits in academia and cultural circles. It can be said that the Republic provided particularly fertile grounds for academic pursuits, through its make-up of distributed wealth and power and its economic characteristics. The various towns and provinces provided various settings and opportunities to aspiring mathematicians. This chapter compares two notable sites, the provinces of Holland and Friesland, whose parallels and particularities put into perspective the interactions between mathematics and society in the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic.]

Published: Mar 16, 2017

Keywords: Seventeenth Century; Cultural Capital; Mathematical Practice; Engineering School; Separate Institution

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