Numerical tables were one of the most commonly used instruments of calculation from the earliest periods for which we have evidence of mathematical activity until the appearance of computing machines. Such tables (including graphical tables) are interesting both as tools of calculation and insofar a...

Quelques notes autour d'un atelier sur les femmes en mathématiques

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Jenny Boucard et al. (2018)

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Cet article a fait suite à l'atelier intitulé « Women in Mathematics: Historical and Modern Perspectives » organisé par Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen, Nicola Oswald et Renate Tobies en janvier 2017 au Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach. L'objectif de cette rencontre était de croiser des perspective...

Mathematics of nomography

Livres et chapitres d'ouvrages

Dominique Tournès (2014)

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Traditionally, history of mathematics was more interested in the production of abstract concepts and major theories than in the one of methods and tools of calculation. As a result, it has often neglected to consider the mathematical practices of engineers. I want to sketch here a sample of these pr...

New: Women in Industrial Research, edited by Renate Tobies and Annette B. Vogt

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Anne-Sophie Godfroy (13 déc. 2013)

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Women in Industrial Research Edited by Renate Tobies and Annette B. Vogt (with the assistance of Valentine Pakis) This book presents new research on women scientists who enjoyed careers at industrial corporations during the first seven decades of the twentieth century. What positions were they able...

Biographisches Lexikon promovierter Mathematiker

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Klaus Graf (21 nov. 2006)

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Renate Tobies: BIOGRAPHISCHES LEXIKON in Mathematik promovierter Personen an deutschen Universitäten und Technischen Hochschulen WS 1907/08 bis WS 1944/45. Dr. Erwin Rauner Verlag Augsburg 2006. 403 Seiten. ISBN-10: 3-936905-21-5 ISBN-13: 978-3-936905-21-2 EUR 24,50 Ein Standardwerk mit ca. 1550 Kur...