A History of Mathematics Part III: From the 12th to the 17th Century


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We will start with a brief review of Part II, followed by an exploration of major developments in mathematics from the 12th through the 17th centuries, told through the lives, ideas, and discoveries of key figures of the period. Topics include:
  • Mathematics and Renaissance art, including perspective in painting; the lives and work of Luca Pacioli and Leonardo da Vinci
  • Girolamo Cardano and the solution of the cubic equation; early ideas in probability
  • René Descartes and Pierre Fermat and their contributions to coordinate geometry
  • Fermat and Blaise Pascal on number theory, probability, infinite series, and fluid mechanics
  • Astronomy “between heaven and earth”: Copernicus, Galileo, Tycho Brahe, and Kepler, and the laws governing terrestrial and celestial motion
  • The independent development of calculus by Isaac Newton (“the method of fluxions”) and Gottfried Leibniz, including Newton’s binomial theorem and the unification of motion laws. 

 
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Class Details

8 Session(s)
Weekly - Tue

Location
Online Course

Instructor
Pradip Kar 

 

Notice

Please read:  Reference Books: 1. A Concise History of Mathematics by Dick Struik 2. Journey through Genius by William Dunham 3. Mathematics for the non-mathematician by Morris Kline 4. Men of Mathematics by E.T. Bell

Class Fee: 

$0.00

Schedule Information

Skip dates: (No class on 03/17/2026, 03/24/2026, 03/31/2026)

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s) Instructional Method
2/3/2026 - 4/14/2026 Weekly - Tue 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Honolulu, Online Course  Map Pradip Kar  Virtual

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