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Mathematical Horizons: Light and Darkness in Portugal in the 18th Century

✍ Scribed by Natália Bebiano

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Weight: 116 KB
Volume: 23
Category: Article
ISSN: 0315-0860
DOI: 10.1006/hmat.1996.0025

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✦ Synopsis

In Portugal, until the University Reform of 1772, there was no great tradition of mathematical studies. There was an atmosphere of ignorance, and the kingdom was unaware of the scientific events that had occurred in Europe during the previous two centuries. The first aim of this reform was modernization. A faculty of mathematics was created in Coimbra. That part of the 1772 Statutes which concerns the creation of the faculty of mathematics is analyzed here. The dramatic plunge of the talented geometer and poet Jose ´Anasta ´cio da Cunha from honor to ruin reflects the contrast between the era of enlightenment in Portuguese mathematics promised by the reform and the emptiness of the subsequent period.

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