Background
Dauben, Joseph Warren was born on December 29, 1944 in Santa Monica, California, United States.
( One of the greatest revolutions in mathematics occurred...)
One of the greatest revolutions in mathematics occurred when Georg Cantor (1845-1918) promulgated his theory of transfinite sets. This revolution is the subject of Joseph Dauben's important studythe most thorough yet writtenof the philosopher and mathematician who was once called a "corrupter of youth" for an innovation that is now a vital component of elementary school curricula. Set theory has been widely adopted in mathematics and philosophy, but the controversy surrounding it at the turn of the century remains of great interest. Cantor's own faith in his theory was partly theological. His religious beliefs led him to expect paradoxes in any concept of the infinite, and he always retained his belief in the utter veracity of transfinite set theory. Later in his life, he was troubled by recurring attacks of severe depression. Dauben shows that these played an integral part in his understanding and defense of set theory.
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historian mathematician university professor
Dauben, Joseph Warren was born on December 29, 1944 in Santa Monica, California, United States.
AB, Claremont-McKenna College, 1966. AM, Harvard University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy in History Science, Harvard University, 1972.
His fields of expertise are history of science, history of mathematics, the scientific revolution, sociology of science, intellectual history, 17-18th centuries, history of Chinese science, and the history of botany. His book Abraham Robinson was reviewed positively by Moshé Machover, but he, Machover, noted that it avoids discussing any of Robinson"s negative aspects, and "in this respect borders on the hagiographic, painting a portrait without warts."
Dauben is a 1980 Guggenheim Fellow. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a Fellow of the New York Academy of Sciences (since 1982).
Dauben is an elected member (1991) of the International Academy of the History of Science. and an elected foreign member (2001) of German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
Dauben delivered an invited lecture at the 1998 International Congress of Mathematicians in Berlin on Karl Marx"s mathematical work. In 1985–1994 Dauben served as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the International Commission on History of Mathematics.
Suan shu shu. A book on numbers and computations.
Translated from the Chinese and with commentary by Joseph West. Dauben. Archive for History of Exact Sciences 62 (2008), northern
2, 91–178. "Louisiana Matematica," in West. Shea educated, Storia delle Scienze.
LeScienze Fisiche e Astronomiche (Milano: Banca Populare di Milan, 1991, and Einaudi, 1992) pp. 258–280
"Are There Revolutions in Mathematics?" in The Space of Mathematics (eds J Echieverria, A Ibarra and T Mormann) (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1992), pp.
203–226.
"Conceptual Revolutions and the History of Mathematics: Two Studies in the Growth of Knowledge," Chapter 4 of Doctorate. Gillies, educated, Revolutions in Mathematics (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992), pp. 49–7l. "Revolutions Revisited," Chapter 5 of Doctorate. Gillies, educated, Revolutions in Mathematics (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992), pp.
72–82.
Abraham Robinson and Nonstandard Analysis: History, Philosophy, and Foundations of Mathematics.
In William Aspray and Philip Kitcher, eds. History and philosophy of modern mathematics (Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1985), 177–200, Minnesota Study. Philosophical Science, XI, University
Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1988.
Online here.
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Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Scis. Member International Academy History Science, International Commission History of Mathematics (chairman 1985-1994), History Science Society, German Academy Natural Scientists Leopoldina (elected 2002), Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.