MA2MP_SHIM Seminar for history of mathematics

Faculty of Education
Autumn 2012
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Helena Durnová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Jaroslav Beránek, CSc.
Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of Mathematics – Faculty of Education
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MA2MP_SHIM/01: Tue 14:50–16:30 učebna 30, H. Durnová
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to distinguish between various approaches to history of mathematics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Dějiny exaktních věd v českých zemích (Luboš Nový a kol.) 2. Nicolas Bourbaki, Architektura matematiky 3. Dirk Jan Struik a jeho Dějiny matematiky 4. Práce Albíny Dratvové a Quido Vettera 5. Rozpravy s geometrií (Petr Vopěnka) 6. Proofs and refutations (Imre Lakatos) 7. Science Awakening (Baartel Leenert van der Waerden) 8. Ivor Grattan-Guinness, Aktivita v historiografii matematiky ve 20. století 9. Struktura vědeckých revolucí (Thomas S. Kuhn) 10. Proměny historiografie vědy (Daniel Špelda) 11. Architektura moderní matematiky (Jeremy Gray a José Ferreiros)
Literature
    required literature
  • STRUIK, Dirk J. Dějiny matematiky. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1963, 250 s. URL info
    recommended literature
  • KUHN, Thomas S. The structure of scientific revolutions. 2nd ed., enl. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970, xii, 210. ISBN 0226458040. info
  • LAKATOS, Imre. Dokazatel'stva i oproverženija : kak dokazyvajutsja teoremy. Moskva: Nauka, 1967, 150 s. info
    not specified
  • ŠPELDA, Daniel. Astronomie v antice. Ostrava: Montanex, 2006, 262 s. ISBN 8072252100. info
Teaching methods
Seminar with active participation of the students. Students are expected to read assigned texts every week.
Assessment methods
Active participation in the seminar and a seminar paper.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018.
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