Calculations of faith: mathematics, philosophy, and sanctity in 18th-century Italy (new work on Maria Gaetana Agnesi)

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2010.05.003zbMath1232.01008OpenAlexW1982348595WikidataQ56608452 ScholiaQ56608452MaRDI QIDQ716162

Paula Findlen

Publication date: 19 April 2011

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2010.05.003

zbMATH Keywords

women in mathematicshistoriographyAgnesiCatholic enlightenmentInstituzioni analitiche

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Historiography (01A85)

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The Historical Context of the Gender Gap in Mathematics ⋮ Witch of Agnesi: The True Story ⋮ A protagonist of the 18th-century mathematics: Maria Gaetana Agnesi

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