Jacob de Gelder en de wiskundige ideologie in Nederland (1800-1840)

Jacob de Gelder and the mathematic ideology in The Netherlands (1800-1840) During the period which is commonly called the Enlightenment, changes occurred in the social perception of mathematics. The teaching of mathematics used to be almost strictly academic and was considered to be an important part of knowledge to those who had a scientific career in view. In The Netherlands, during the first part of the nineteenth century, people began to think that mathematics was indispensable to everyone: even to the craftsmen who until then were educated within the guilds on a purely practical basis. Be... Mehr ...