Authors: Joseph W. Dauben, Christoph J. Scriba
Categories: Mathematics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-09-23 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
As an historiographic monograph, this book offers a detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. It provides both an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient