Cuvillier Verlag

Publications, Dissertations, Habilitations & Brochures.
International Specialist Publishing House for Science and Economy

Cuvillier Verlag

De En Es
Teaching the Mathematical Sciences at French and German Universities during the 18th Century

Hard Copy
EUR 32.00

E-book
EUR 0.00

Download
PDF (3 MB)
Open Access CC BY 4.0

Teaching the Mathematical Sciences at French and German Universities during the 18th Century (English shop)

Sara Confalonieri (Author)
Desirée Kröger (Author)

Preview

Extract, PDF (170 KB)
Table of Contents, PDF (100 KB)

ISBN-13 (Hard Copy) 9783736993440
ISBN-13 (eBook) 9783736983441
Language English
Page Number 134
Lamination of Cover glossy
Edition 1. Aufl.
Publication Place Göttingen
Publication Date 2016-09-30
General Categorization Non-Fiction
Departments History of science and technology
Keywords Mathematical Sciences, 18th Century, French, German
Description

In 18th century France and Germany, new textbooks for teaching the mathematical sciences in higher education, which were usually entitled “Cours de Mathématique(s)” and “Mathematische Anfangsgründe”, appeared. They are scientific introductory textbooks, which were mainly created to assist the teaching of the mathematical sciences at universities and to be used by the students. They contain a variety of subjects associated with the wide-ranged label of mathematical sciences at that time. This included not only pure, but also the so-called applied mathematics, like mechanics, statics, and optics.Remarkably, these textbooks were written in the national languages – French and German. The work by Confalonieri/Kröger provides firstly an overview of the French and German educational systems in the 18th century; then, an analysis of a selection of some of the most used French and German textbooks for teaching the mathematical sciences, their contents, and their pedagogical approaches follows. The main aim is to point out the similarities and differences between the considered textbooks and, as much as possible, between the corresponding educational systems.