Les matemàtiques i els matemàtics de la Revolució Francesa

The French Revolution undoubtedly constituted a political revolution of great transcendence but, while occuring between two scientific, and in particular, mathematical revolutions those of the seventeenth century, known as the "Century of Genius" and the nineteenth century, known as the &q...

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Autor: Pla i Carrera, Josep
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1996
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/136478
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/136478
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Matemàtics
Història de la matemàtica
Revolució Francesa, 1789-1799
Il·lustració
Mathematicians
History of mathematics
French Revolution, 1789-1799
Enlightenment
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Sumario:The French Revolution undoubtedly constituted a political revolution of great transcendence but, while occuring between two scientific, and in particular, mathematical revolutions those of the seventeenth century, known as the "Century of Genius" and the nineteenth century, known as the "Golden Age" during the French Revolution itself there was no mathematical revolution. Nevertheless, the ideological background the Enlightenment upon which the French Revolution was based, was intimately intertwined with the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century whose mathematical roots are undeniable. Among the work which followed from the seventeenth century mathematical revolution, that of the French Revolutionaries is distinguished by its insistence of the need for an authentic mathematical revolution, if mathematics were to follow in the revolutionary line initiated in the seventeenth century. In addition, these men the mathematicians of the French Revolution participated in the functioning of government and fulfilled their political duties in the creation of new centres of teaching and research, amongst other important matters.