THE ROLE PLAYED BY MATHEMATICS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY AND IMPERIAL PARIS UP TO THE RESTORATION IN THE EDUCATION OF ENGINEERS WITH LAZARE CARNOT AS A WITNESS
THE ROLE PLAYED BY MATHEMATICS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY AND IMPERIAL PARIS UP TO THE RESTORATION IN THE EDUCATION OF ENGINEERS WITH LAZARE CARNOT AS A WITNESS

Author(s): Jean G. Dhombres
Subject(s): History, Social Sciences
Published by: Scientia Socialis, UAB
Keywords: Algebraic analysis; Lazare Carnot; Descriptive geometry; Ecole Polytechnique; Fundamental theorem of algebra; Laplace; Math curriculum for engineers;
Summary/Abstract: I am certainly sorry for too long a title. But as I wished without eliminating discrepancies to link debates that occurred during the revolutionary era concerning math teaching for engineers to changes in the mood of a society, I was sure to need some kind of literary fiction. I thus use a person, Lazare Carnot, as a witness to issues, which are so often neglected as being too technical to have an incidence on the social life. To counterbalance this somewhat subjective presentation, I present some original documents as their interpretation avoid long commentaries.

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