British Journal for the History of Mathematics, Volume 35, Issue 1 (2020)

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Mathematics, Networks and Practices around Early Modern Scotland. Guest editor: Isobel Falconer

Editorial

Editorial
Editorial
Isobel Falconer
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 30 Jan 2020
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‘There are great alterations in the geometry of late’. The rise of Isaac Newton’s early Scottish circle
Philip Beeley
Pages: 3-24
Published online: 17 Dec 2019
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Beating untrodden paths: James Gregory and his Italian readers
Davide Crippa
Pages: 25-42
Published online: 21 Dec 2019
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George Sinclair’s neglected Treatises: some influences and reactions
Alex D. D. Craik
Pages: 43-51
Published online: 31 Oct 2019
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Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746): a Newtonian between theory and practice
Olivier Bruneau
Pages: 52-62
Published online: 17 Dec 2019
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Colin Maclaurin (1698–1746) and his contemporaries on wind and water: the local and the universal
Jane Wess
Pages: 63-83
Published online: 03 Jan 2020
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Reviews

Book Review
Tartaglia’s science of weights and mechanics in the sixteenth century. Selections from Quesiti et inventioni diverse: Books VII–VIII
Raffaele Pisano and Danilo Capecchi, Springer, 2016, xviii+504 pp, eBook €86.86, pbk €106.90, hbk €135.19
Michael Segre
Pages: 84-85
Published online: 31 Oct 2019
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Descriptive geometry, the spread of a polytechnic art: the legacy of Gaspard Monge
Évelyne Barbin, Marta Menghini, Klaus Volkert, eds, Springer, 2019, xiii + 437 pp., €89.99 (ebook), €114.39 (hardcover), ISBN 978-3-030-14808-9
Jeremy Gray
Pages: 85-87
Published online: 21 Oct 2019
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A richer picture of mathematics: the Göttingen tradition and beyond
David Rowe, Springer, 2018, xix+461 pp, £127.50, ISBN 978-3-3196-7818-4
Christopher D. Hollings
Pages: 87-89
Published online: 18 Sep 2019
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The discrete charm of the machine: why the world became digital
Ken Steiglitz, Princeton University Press, 2019, 235 pp, £22, ISBN 978-0-691-17943-8
Troy Astarte
Pages: 89-91
Published online: 01 Nov 2019
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Africa and mathematics: from colonial findings back to the Ishango Rods
Dirk Huylebrouck, Springer, 2019, xv + 229 pp, £21.99 (eBook), £27.99 (hardback), ISBN 978-3-0300-4036-9
Martin A. MacBeath
Pages: 91-93
Published online: 01 Nov 2019
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Society News

News
BSHM Meeting News
Isobel Falconer (BSHM Meeting Coordinator:)
Pages: 94-104
Published online: 30 Jan 2020
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Miscellany

Prizes
Pages: 105-106
Published online: 30 Jan 2020
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