David Fowler (mathematician)
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| David Fowler | |
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| Born | 28 April 1937 Blackburn, England |
| Died | Error: Need valid death date (first date): year, month, day Warwick, England |
| Institutions | Manchester University University of Warwick |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Greek mathematics |
David Herbert Fowler (28 April 1937 – 13 April 2004) was a historian of Greek mathematics who published work on pre-Eudoxian ratio theory (using the process he called anthyphairesis). He disputed the standard story of Greek mathematical discovery, in which the discovery of the phenomenon of incommensurability came as a shock.
Fowler was also the translator of René Thom's book Structural Stability and Morphogenesis from French (Stabilité strukturelle et morphogénèse) into English.
References
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- Obituary in The Independent, 24 May 2004.
External links
- Bibliography
- Book Review by Fernando Q. Gouvêa of The Mathematics of Plato's Academy
- Memorial symposium organized in his honor at Warwick, 9 November 2004.
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- British historians of mathematics
- 20th-century British mathematicians
- 21st-century British mathematicians
- 1937 births
- 2004 deaths
- Academics of the University of Warwick
- Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
- People educated at Rossall School
