Bottazzini U., Dalmedico A.D. (eds.) Changing Images in Mathematics: From the French Revolution to the New Millennium

Routledge, 2001. — 305 p. — (Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine). — ISBN: 9780415271189, 0415271185.This book focuses on some of the major developments in the history of contemporary (19th and 20th century) mathematics as seen in the broader context of the development of science and culture. Avoiding technicalities, it displays the breadth of contrasting images of mathematics favoured by different countries, schools and historical movements, showing how the conception and practice of mathematics changed over time depending on the cultural and national context. Thus it provides an original perspective for embracing the richness and variety inherent in the development of mathematics. Attention is paid to the interaction of mathematics with themes whose proper treatment have been neglected by the traditional historiography of the discipline, such as the relationship between mathematics, statistics and medicine.Introduction (by Umberto Bottazzini and Amy Dahan Dalmeciico).
The Ecole Polytechnique and Mathematics in Nineteenth Century France (by Bruno Belhoste).
From Paris to Berlin: Contrasted Images of Nineteenth Century Mathematics (by Umberto Bottazzini).
Images of Applied Mathematics in the German Mathematical Community (by Tom Archibald).
Felix Klein as Wissenschaftspolitiker (by David E. Rowe).
The German and French Editions of the Klein-Molk Encyclopedia: Contrasted Images (by Helene Gispert).
Mathematics and Natural Science in the Nineteenth Century: The Classical Approaches to Poncaré, Volterra and Hadamard (by Jeremy Gray).
Developments in Statistical Thinking and their links with Mathematics (by Michel Armatte).
Mathematical Structures from Hilbert to Bourbaki: The Evolution of an Image of Mathematics (by Leo Corry).
The Creation and Persistence of National Schools: The Case of Italian Algebraic Geometry (by Aldo Brigaglia).
Definability as a Mathematical Concept Before and After Gödel (by Gabriele Lolli).
An Image Conflict in Mathematics After 1945 (by Amy Dahan Dalmeciico).
From Catastrophe to Chaos: The Modelling Practices of Applied Topologists (by David Aubin).
Beyond One Case Statistics: Mathematics, Medicine and the Management of Health and Disease in the Post-war Era (by Jean-Paul Gaudillere).