Baltus, Christopher Is mathematics to be useful? The case of de La Hire, Fontenelle, and the epicycloid. (English) Zbl 1350.01011 Zack, Maria (ed.) et al., Research in history and philosophy of mathematics. The CSHPM 2014 annual meeting. Selected papers based on the presentations at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, St. Catharines, Canada, May 2014. Cham: Birkhäuser/Springer (ISBN 978-3-319-22257-8/hbk; 978-3-319-22258-5/ebook). Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Société Canadienne d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Mathématiques, 15-22 (2015). Reviewer: Charlotte Wahl (Hannover) MSC: 01A45 26-03 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{C. Baltus}, in: Research in history and philosophy of mathematics. The CSHPM 2014 annual meeting. Selected papers based on the presentations at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics, St. Catharines, Canada, May 2014. Cham: Birkhäuser/Springer. 15--22 (2015; Zbl 1350.01011) Full Text: DOI
Blay, Michel From the system of the infinite to the status of incommensurable numbers in Fontenelle’s “Elements of geometry”. (Du système de l’infini au statut des nombres incommensurables dans les “Elémens de la géométrie” de Fontenelle.) (French) Zbl 0771.01005 Le labyrinthe du continu, Colloq., Cerisy-la-Salle/Fr. 1990, 61-75 (1992). Reviewer: C. Cusmir (Iaşi) MSC: 01A50 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{M. Blay}, in: Le labyrinthe du continu. Colloque de Cerisy-la-Salle, France, 11-20 Sept., 1990. Paris: Springer-Verlag. 61--75 (1992; Zbl 0771.01005)
Mortureux, Marie-Françoise On the resemblance of mathematics to love in Fontenelle’s Dialogues. (De la ressemblance entre les mathématiques et l‘amour dans les Entretiens de Fontenelle.) (French. English summary) Zbl 0758.01003 Rev. Hist. Sci. 44, No. 3-4, 301-311 (1991). Reviewer: K.Reich (Stuttgart) MSC: 01A45 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{M.-F. Mortureux}, Rev. Hist. Sci. 44, No. 3--4, 301--311 (1991; Zbl 0758.01003) Full Text: DOI
Hess, Heinz-Jürgen (ed.); Nagel, Fritz (ed.) Der Ausbau des Calculus durch Leibniz und die Brüder Bernoulli. Symposion der Leibniz-Gesellschaft und der Bernoulli-Edition der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, 15. bis 17. Juni 1987. (The development of the calculus by Leibniz and the Bernoulli brothers. Symposium of the Leibniz Society and the Bernoulli Editors of the Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel, June 15-17, 1987). (German) Zbl 0672.01010 Studia Leibnitiana. Sonderheft 17. Wiesbaden etc.: Franz Steiner Verlag. 175 S. (1989). Reviewer: P.Müürsepp MSC: 01A45 01A50 26-03 PDF BibTeX XML
Birembaut, A.; Costabel, P.; Delorme, S. La correspondance Leibniz-Fontenelle et les rélations de Leibniz avec l’Académie Royale des Sciences en 1700–1701. (French) Zbl 0145.00401 Rev. Hist. Sci. Appl. 19, 115-132 (1966). MSC: 01A45 PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{A. Birembaut} et al., Rev. Hist. Sci. Appl. 19, 115--132 (1966; Zbl 0145.00401) Full Text: DOI
Delorme, S. La géométrie de l’infini et ses commentateurs de Jean Bernoulli à M. de Cury. (French) Zbl 0161.24203 Rev. Hist. Sci. Appl. 10, 339-359 (1957). PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{S. Delorme}, Rev. Hist. Sci. Appl. 10, 339--359 (1957; Zbl 0161.24203) Full Text: DOI
Brunet, Pierre La notion d’infini mathématique chez Buffon. (French) Zbl 0002.00606 Archeion 13, 24-39 (1931). Reviewer: D. Struik (Cambridge) MSC: 01A50 PDF BibTeX XML