@article{sylla_2019, title={The Well-Ordered Universe: The Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish.}, volume={110}, ISSN={["1545-6994"]}, DOI={10.1086/702457}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessEarly ModernDeborah Boyle. The Well-Ordered Universe: The Philosophy of Margaret Cavendish. x + 273 pp., index. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017. £47.99 (cloth). ISBN 9780190234805.Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 110, Number 1March 2019 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/702457 Views: 59Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref © 2019 by The History of Science Society. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: Isis Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences 2019, Isis 110, no.S1S1 (Jan 2020): 21–310.https://doi.org/10.1086/707594}, number={1}, journal={ISIS}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2019}, month={Mar}, pages={164–165} } @article{sylla_2019, title={Thinking of mathematics in the 16th century}, volume={72}, ISSN={["1935-0236"]}, DOI={10.1017/rqx.2019.413}, abstractNote={ence and melancholia; the sometime effort of philosophers to distill a universal mathesis from the narrower confines of a single discipline is a related development. One occasionally wishes for more context than this intriguing study provides. A sketch of a typical early modern mathematical education, for instance, would offer some measure of the conceptual distance of these less conventional approaches. More emphasis might be placed on the very different media of the images examined in this work. The many quarrels within the world of Euclidean geometry—the fidelity of various editions and translations of the Elements to its author’s imagined intentions, the nature of proof, the availability and relevance of a method, the role of diagrams, the changing definitions of ratio and proportionality, the legitimacy of conceptual outliers such as curvilinear angles and superposition, among others—might be examined in tandem with the objections being raised just beyond that realm. Other desiderata would include larger, clearer images, more attention to the impact of European notions, however distorted, of mathematical notions and artistic practices beyond the continent, and some examination of the other scholarly areas that, like mathematics, were claiming to offer a metalanguage as they jockeyed for position as the master discipline.}, number={4}, journal={RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2019}, pages={1468–1469} } @article{sylla_2017, title={Mathematics and Physics of First and Last Instants: Walter Burley and William of Ockham}, volume={55}, ISSN={["0042-7543"]}, DOI={10.1163/15685349-12341334}, abstractNote={In his De primo et ultimo instanti, Walter Burley paid careful attention to continuity, assuming that continua included and were limited by indivisibles such as instants, points, ubi (or places), degrees of quality, or mutata esse (indivisibles of motion). In his Tractatus primus, Burley applied the logic of first and last instants to reach novel conclusions about qualities and qualitative change. At the end of his Quaestiones in libros Physicorum Aristotelis, William of Ockham used long passages from Burley’s Tractatus primus, sometimes agreeing with Burley and sometimes disagreeing. How may this interaction between Burley and Ockham be understood within its historical context?}, number={1-3}, journal={VIVARIUM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE PHILOSOPHY AND INTELLECTUAL LIFE OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2017}, pages={103–129} } @misc{sylla_2015, title={The new theories of the mathematical reports from XIV to XVI century}, volume={68}, number={3}, journal={Renaissance Quarterly}, author={Sylla, E. D.}, year={2015}, pages={1018–574} } @article{sylla_2014, title={Tercentenary of Ars Conjectandi (1713): Jacob Bernoulli and the Founding of Mathematical Probability}, volume={82}, ISSN={["1751-5823"]}, DOI={10.1111/insr.12050}, abstractNote={SummaryThe Tercentenary of the publication of Jacob Bernoulli's Ars Conjectandi (The Art of Conjecturing) provides an opportunity to look at the origins of mathematical probability from Jacob Bernoulli's point of view. Bernoulli gave a mathematically rigorous proof of what has come to be called the weak law of large numbers, relevant to discovering ratios of unknown factors through sampling. The Art of Conjecturing was a bridge between the mathematics of expectation in games of chance as found in Huygens's On Reckoning in Games of Chance and mathematical probability as found in Abraham De Moivre's The Doctrine of Chances. This paper looks at the conceptual context as well as the mathematics of Bernoulli's book.}, number={1}, journal={INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL REVIEW}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2014}, month={Apr}, pages={27–45} } @article{sylla_2013, title={Jacob Bernoulli and the Mathematics of Tennis}, volume={28}, ISSN={["1825-3911"]}, DOI={10.1163/18253911-02801008}, abstractNote={Jacob Bernoulli’s Lettre à un Amy sur les Parties du Jeu de Paume employs the sorts of mathematical techniques that had been applied to games of chance by Pascal and Huygens to a game, now called Court Tennis or Royal Tennis, the outcomes of which depended, as he thought, not on chance but on athletic skill. He assumed that the players’ relative strengths could be determined a posteriori or by observation. Bernoulli’s work shows an alternate route by which mathematics was applied to the real world in the seventeenth century, one which did not involve Platonic conceptions of the role of mathematics, but rather the techniques of commercial arithmetic and, in particular, of algebra.}, number={1}, journal={NUNCIUS-JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2013}, pages={142–163} } @article{sylla_2012, title={Liber mahameleth: Critical edition and commentaries}, volume={103}, ISSN={["0021-1753"]}, DOI={10.1086/666413}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsAnne‐Marie Vlasschaert (Editor). Le Liber mahameleth: Édition critique et commentaires. (Boethius: Texte und Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik und der Naturwissenschaften, 60.) 429 pp., illus., tables, bibl. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010. €74 (cloth).Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 103, Number 1March 2012 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/666413 Views: 3Total views on this site © 2012 by The History of Science Society. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={1}, journal={ISIS}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2012}, month={Mar}, pages={173–174} } @misc{sylla_2010, title={Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology}, volume={101}, number={2}, journal={Isis}, author={Sylla, E.}, year={2010}, pages={424–425} } @book{sylla_newman_2009, title={Evidence and interpretation in studies on early science and medicine: Essays in honor of John E. Murdoch}, ISBN={9789004178786}, publisher={Leiden; Boston: Brill}, year={2009} } @article{sylla_2008, title={Medieval dynamics}, volume={61}, ISSN={["0031-9228"]}, DOI={10.1063/1.2911178}, abstractNote={Thomas Bradwardine’s 14th-century dynamical law may not be well known today, but it greatly influenced European scholars through the late Middle Ages and into the Renaissance.}, number={4}, journal={PHYSICS TODAY}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2008}, month={Apr}, pages={51–56} } @article{sylla_2008, title={Thinking with objects: The transformation of mechanics in the seventeenth century}, volume={99}, ISSN={["0021-1753"]}, DOI={10.1086/591353}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsDomenico Bertoloni Meli. Thinking with Objects: The Transformation of Mechanics in the Seventeenth Century. xii + 389 pp., figs., bibl., index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. $70 (cloth).Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 99, Number 2June 2008 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/591353 Views: 16Total views on this site © 2008 by The History of Science Society. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={2}, journal={ISIS}, author={Sylla, Edith Dudley}, year={2008}, month={Jun}, pages={411–412} } @misc{sylla_2007, title={God's clockmaker: Richard of Wallingford and the invention of time.}, volume={38}, journal={Journal for the History of Astronomy}, author={Sylla, E. D.}, year={2007}, pages={238–241} } @misc{sylla_2007, title={Questions on the Treatise on Proportions by Thomas Bradwardine}, volume={34}, number={2}, journal={Historia Mathematica (Toronto, Ont.)}, author={Sylla, E. D.}, year={2007}, pages={227–229} } @book{bernoulli_introduction_edith dudley sylla._2006, title={The art of conjecturing, together with Letter to a friend on sets in court tennis}, publisher={Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press}, author={Bernoulli, Jacob and introduction and Edith Dudley Sylla.}, year={2006} } @article{sylla_2005, title={From discrete to continuous: The broadening of number concepts in early modern England}, volume={96}, ISSN={["0021-1753"]}, DOI={10.1086/432997}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewKatherine Neal. From Discrete to Continuous: The Broadening of Number Concepts in Early Modern England. (Australasian Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 16.) x + 174 pp., illus., bibl., index. Dordrecht/Boston/London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. €60, $64, £43 (cloth).Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 96, Number 1March 2005 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/432997 Views: 12Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={1}, journal={ISIS}, author={Sylla, ED}, year={2005}, month={Mar}, pages={112–112} } @article{sylla_2005, title={Questions on Aristotle's 'De caelo'}, volume={80}, ISSN={["0038-7134"]}, DOI={10.1017/s0038713400002116}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsQuestions on Aristotle's "De caelo". Peter of Auvergne , Griet Galle Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Speculum Volume 80, Number 4Oct., 2005 The journal of the Medieval Academy of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0038713400002116 Views: 7Total views on this site Copyright 2005 The Medieval Academy of AmericaPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={4}, journal={SPECULUM-A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES}, author={Sylla, ED}, year={2005}, month={Oct}, pages={1352–1353} } @misc{sylla_2005, title={The works of Jakob Bernoulli, vol 5, Differential geometry.}, volume={62}, number={4}, journal={Annals of Science}, author={Sylla, E. D.}, year={2005}, pages={541–542} } @article{sylla_2005, title={The commercial arithmetic of the 15th century: The "Compendy of the practice of numbers" by Barthelemy de Romans.}, volume={96}, ISSN={["0021-1753"]}, DOI={10.1086/498769}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewMaryvonne Spiesser (Editor). Une arithmétique commerciale du XVe siècle: Le “Compendy de la praticque des nombres” de Barthélemy de Romans. (De Diversis Artibus, 70.) 762 pp., bibl., index. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2003. €95 (cloth).Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUSFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Isis Volume 96, Number 3September 2005 Publication of the History of Science Society Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/498769 Views: 4Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: Stephen P. Weldon Current Bibliography of the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences 2005, Isis 96 (Oct 2015): 1–242.https://doi.org/10.1086/isis.96.3652364}, number={3}, journal={ISIS}, author={Sylla, ED}, year={2005}, month={Sep}, pages={429–430} } @article{sylla_2003, title={Measure of a different greatness: The intensive infinite, AD1250-1650}, volume={78}, ISSN={["0038-7134"]}, DOI={10.1017/s0038713400100715}, abstractNote={Previous articleNext article No AccessReviewsMeasure of a Different Greatness: The Intensive Infinite, 1250-1650. Anne Ashley Davenport Edith Dudley SyllaEdith Dudley Sylla Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmailPrint SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Speculum Volume 78, Number 4Oct., 2003 The journal of the Medieval Academy of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0038713400100715 Copyright 2003 The Medieval Academy of AmericaPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.}, number={4}, journal={SPECULUM-A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL STUDIES}, author={Sylla, ED}, year={2003}, month={Oct}, pages={1281–1282} } @article{sylla_2003, title={The works of Jakob Bernoulli, vol 5, Differential geometry}, volume={30}, ISSN={["0315-0860"]}, DOI={10.1016/s0315-0860(03)00045-4}, number={3}, journal={HISTORIA MATHEMATICA}, author={Sylla, ED}, year={2003}, month={Aug}, pages={378–380} } @misc{sylla_1999, title={Economy and nature in the fourteenth century: Money, market exchange, and the emergence of scientific thought}, volume={30}, DOI={10.1162/jinh.1999.30.1.108}, abstractNote={July 01 1999 Economy and Nature in the Fourteenth Century: Money, Market Exchange, and the Emergence of Scientific Thought Economy and Nature in the Fourteenth Century: Money, Market Exchange, and the Emergence of Scientific Thought. By JoelKaye (New York, Cambridge University Press, 1998) 273 pp. $54.95 Edith Dudley Sylla Edith Dudley Sylla North Carolina State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Edith Dudley Sylla North Carolina State University Online ISSN: 1530-9169 Print ISSN: 0022-1953 © 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the editors of The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.1999 The Journal of Interdisciplinary History (1999) 30 (1): 108–109. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.1999.30.1.108 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Edith Dudley Sylla; Economy and Nature in the Fourteenth Century: Money, Market Exchange, and the Emergence of Scientific Thought. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 1999; 30 (1): 108–109. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh.1999.30.1.108 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History Search Advanced Search This content is only available as a PDF. © 1999 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the editors of The Journal of Interdisciplinary History.1999 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Interdisciplinary History}, author={Sylla, E. D.}, year={1999}, pages={108–109} } @inbook{sylla_1997, title={Introduction}, booktitle={Texts and contexts in ancient and medieval science: Studies on the occasion of John E. Murdoch's seventieth birthday}, publisher={Leiden ; New York: Brill}, author={Sylla, E.}, editor={Sylla, E. and McVaugh, M.Editors}, year={1997}, pages={xi-} } @book{sylla_mcvaugh_1997, title={Texts and contexts in ancient and medieval science: Studies on the occasion of John E. Murdoch's seventieth birthday}, ISBN={9004108238}, publisher={Leiden; New York: Brill}, author={Sylla, E. and McVaugh, M.}, year={1997} } @inbook{sylla_1997, title={The transmission of the new physics of the fourteenth century from England to the continent}, booktitle={La Nouvelle physique du XIVe siecle}, publisher={Firenze: Olschki}, author={Sylla, E.}, editor={S. Caroti and Souffrin, P.Editors}, year={1997}, pages={65–110} } @inbook{sylla_1997, title={Thomas Bradwardine's De continuo and the structure of fourteenth-century learning}, DOI={10.1163/9789004247321_008}, booktitle={Texts and contexts in ancient and medieval science: Studies on the occasion of John E. Murdoch's seventieth birthday}, publisher={Leiden ; New York: Brill}, author={Sylla, E.}, editor={Sylla, E. and McVaugh, M.Editors}, year={1997}, pages={148–186} }