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- Title
Mathematics and Mathematicians at Sapienza University in Rome (XVII–XVIII Century).
- Authors
Favino, Federica
- Abstract
This article introduces some data regarding the teaching of mathematics in La Sapienza in the 17th century, with particular reference to the discipline’s role in the statutes, the lecturers, the courses’ programmes, the interest that Popes took in it. Specifically, it will focus on the changes that occured at the end of the 17th century, with regards to the development of the discipline and the improvement of a “scientific culture” in the city of the Pope.
- Subjects
ROME; MATHEMATICS education; SEVENTEENTH century; DISCIPLINE; STATUTES; LECTURERS; CURRICULUM; POPES; ACADEMIC dissertations
- Publication
Science & Education, 2006, Vol 15, Issue 2-4, p357
- ISSN
0926-7220
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11191-004-6408-9