- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
History of mathematics I 1000-00HM1-OG
The lecture is in principle open to all, but includes examples of historically important mathematical reasoning. The lecture is conducted in a special formula: successive meetings are led by specialists - not only mathematicians, but also historians (including historians of science) and deal with the history of the development of mathematical disciplines and research, as well as the broader social and political background of breakthroughs in the history of science.
Invited lecturers include researchers from the University of Warsaw, Jagiellonian University and the Institute of the History of Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
The material in the winter semester covers the development of mathematics from ancient times to the beginning of the 18th century. Subsequent lectures concern
Number systems and their (pre)history,
Mathematics of Egypt and Mesopotamia,
The political system of ancient Greece and its influence on the development of science,
Ancient Greek Mathematics, from Thales and Pythagoras to Archimedes and the late epigones,
Medieval mathematics outside Europe and the Mediterranean circle,
Mathematics of the Islamic world
Paths to the Renaissance (historical background, 11th - 13th centuries)
The development of algebra in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,
The Copernican Revolution (historical background)
The development of mathematical analysis from Oresme to Leibniz and Newton,
The history of the mathematics of randomness
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Bibliography
In Polish:
1. N. Bourbaki, Elementy historii matematyki, PWN, Warszawa 1980
2. R. Duda, Lwowska szkoła matematyczna, wyd. 2, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, Wrocław 2014
3. A.P. Juszkiewicz (red.), Historia matematyki tomy 1-3, PWN, Warszawa 1975-1977
4. M. Kordos, Wykłady z historii matematyki, SCRIPT, Warszawa 2005
5. S. Kulczycki, Z dziejów matematyki greckiej, PWN, Warszawa 1973
6. D.J. Struik, Krótki zarys historii matematyki do końca XIX wieku, PWN, Warszawa 1963
7. W. Więsław, Matematyka i jej historia, wyd. Nowik, Opole 1997
8. A. K. Wróblewski, Uczeni w anegdocie, Prószyński i Ska, Warszawa 1999
9. A. K. Wróblewski, Uczeni w anegdocie. Poczet 2, Prószyński i Ska, Warszawa 2004
10. F. Klein, Wykłady o rozwoju matematyki w XIX stuleciu. Cz. 1, J. Kaja (tłumaczenie),Książnica, Leszno 2014
11. T. Iwiński, Ponad pół wieku działalności matematyków polskich, PWN 1975
12. E. Jakimowicz i A. Miranowicz (red.), Stefan Banach. Niezwykłe życie i
genialna matematyka, Wydawnictwo Impuls 2019
13. R. Kałuża, Stefan Banach, Wydawnictwo GZ 1992
14. A. Schinzel, Wacław Sierpiński, Wydawnictwo Iskry 1976
15. W. Więsław, Matematyka polska epoki Oświecenia, Wydawnictwo
Fraszka Edukacyjna 2007
11. A.K. Wróblewski, Historia fizyki. Od czasów najdawniejszych do współczesności. Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 2006
12. "Wiadomości Matematyczne" 1897-1939 oraz Roczniki Polskiego Towarzystwa Matematycznego, Seria 2, "Wiadomości Matematyczne" 1955-nadal
In English:
1. J. Barrow-Green, J.J. Gray, R. Wilson, The History of Mathematics. A Source-Based Approach, vol. 1 i 2, AMS/MAA Text Books, 2018, 2022.
2. V.J. Katz, A History of Mathematics. An Introduction, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley, 2008
3. C. U. Merzbach, C. B. Boyer, A History of Mathematics, John Whiley & Sons Inc., Hoboken 2011
4. J. Stillwell, Mathematics and its History, Springer, New York 2010
5. J. Gray, K.H,. Parshall, Episodes in the History of Modern Algebra
(1800-1950), AMS 2007
6. H. N. Jahnke, A History of Analysis, AMS 2003
Additional information
Information on level of this course, year of study and semester when the course unit is delivered, types and amount of class hours - can be found in course structure diagrams of apropriate study programmes. This course is related to the following study programmes:
- Inter-faculty Studies in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Computer Science
- Bachelor's degree, first cycle programme, Mathematics
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Computer Science
- Master's degree, second cycle programme, Mathematics
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