Björn Gunnlaugsson – Life and work : Enlightenment and religious philosophy in nineteenth century Icelandic mathematics education
Björn Gunnlaugsson (1788–1876) was a remarkable product of the Enlightenment movement in Iceland. He was never admitted to a school, but learnt mathematics by himself and from his tenant-farmer father before he entered the University of Copenhagen, where he twice won its gold medal. He taught mathem...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/4876 2024-06-02T08:08:36+00:00 Björn Gunnlaugsson – Life and work : Enlightenment and religious philosophy in nineteenth century Icelandic mathematics education Björn Gunnlaugsson - Líf og starfUpplýsingin og trúarleg heimspeki í íslenskri stærðfræðimenntun 19. aldar Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Furinghetti, Fulvia Schubring, Gert Education 2009 13 285915 17 - 29 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4876 en eng Háskóli Íslands - Menntavísindasvið "Dig where you stand"; () "Dig Where You Stand"; 1() https://lbs.leitir.is/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990011292020106887&context=L&vid=354ILC_LBS:07000 Bjarnadóttir , K 2009 , Björn Gunnlaugsson – Life and work : Enlightenment and religious philosophy in nineteenth century Icelandic mathematics education . in K Bjarnadóttir , F Furinghetti & G Schubring (eds) , "Dig where you stand" : Proceedings of a Conference on On-going Research in the History of Mathematics Education . "Dig Where You Stand" , vol. 1 , Háskóli Íslands - Menntavísindasvið , Reykjavík , pp. 17 - 29 , A Conference on On-going Research in the History of Mathematics Education , Garðabær , Iceland , 20/06/09 . < https://lbs.leitir.is/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990011292020106887&context=L&vid=354ILC_LBS:07000 > conference 978-9979-793-99-1 221494328 550b72b3-f369-4985-ad34-ccd1fef16a4d https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4876 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Mathematics (all) /dk/atira/pure/researchoutput/researchoutputtypes/contributiontobookanthology/chapter 2009 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/4876 2024-05-06T02:20:07Z Björn Gunnlaugsson (1788–1876) was a remarkable product of the Enlightenment movement in Iceland. He was never admitted to a school, but learnt mathematics by himself and from his tenant-farmer father before he entered the University of Copenhagen, where he twice won its gold medal. He taught mathematics for forty years and made valuable geodetic measurements as a basis of a map of Iceland. He wrote about various astronomical topics, and published his first book on mathematics at the age of 77. The book, which is the main subject of this paper, reveals his devotion and genuine knowledge of mathematics, and his philosophical and religious attitude towards mathematical concepts, structure and conventions. In order to clarify his way of thought, several topics will be explored: zero and infinity, divisibility, exponential laws and imaginary numbers. Peer reviewed Book Part Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) |
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Björn Gunnlaugsson (1788–1876) was a remarkable product of the Enlightenment movement in Iceland. He was never admitted to a school, but learnt mathematics by himself and from his tenant-farmer father before he entered the University of Copenhagen, where he twice won its gold medal. He taught mathematics for forty years and made valuable geodetic measurements as a basis of a map of Iceland. He wrote about various astronomical topics, and published his first book on mathematics at the age of 77. The book, which is the main subject of this paper, reveals his devotion and genuine knowledge of mathematics, and his philosophical and religious attitude towards mathematical concepts, structure and conventions. In order to clarify his way of thought, several topics will be explored: zero and infinity, divisibility, exponential laws and imaginary numbers. Peer reviewed |
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"Dig where you stand"; () "Dig Where You Stand"; 1() https://lbs.leitir.is/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990011292020106887&context=L&vid=354ILC_LBS:07000 Bjarnadóttir , K 2009 , Björn Gunnlaugsson – Life and work : Enlightenment and religious philosophy in nineteenth century Icelandic mathematics education . in K Bjarnadóttir , F Furinghetti & G Schubring (eds) , "Dig where you stand" : Proceedings of a Conference on On-going Research in the History of Mathematics Education . "Dig Where You Stand" , vol. 1 , Háskóli Íslands - Menntavísindasvið , Reykjavík , pp. 17 - 29 , A Conference on On-going Research in the History of Mathematics Education , Garðabær , Iceland , 20/06/09 . < https://lbs.leitir.is/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990011292020106887&context=L&vid=354ILC_LBS:07000 > conference 978-9979-793-99-1 221494328 550b72b3-f369-4985-ad34-ccd1fef16a4d https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/4876 |
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