Abstract The Jesuit C.F. Milliet Dechales (1621–1678), author of one the most famous early modern mathematical encyclopedias, Cursus seu mundus mathematicus (1674), wrote a hundred-folio-page long treatise devoted to “progress mathematics,” which was published in second, enlarged edition his encyclopedia (1690). His historical covers gamut mixed mathematics—including astronomy, mechanics, optic...

Toukokuussa Pietarista kantautui suru-uutinen. Pietarin konservatorion ”ulkomaisen musiikin historian” professori, Venäjän kansallisen Taiteiden historian tutkimusinstituutin johtava musiikkitieteilijä Ljudmila Kovnatskaja (Liudmila Kovanatskaya) on kuollut 82 vuoden iässä. Oli tiedossa, että Kovnatskajan terveys oli hauras. Sekin tiedettiin, aika toimi säälimättä tämän kansainvälisesti aktiivi...

An element shared by sociology and history, and to a certain extent by social or cultural anthropology as well, is their claim to study society as a whole. Whereas economy, law, political science, religious studies or linguistics concentrate on a single aspect of society, the aforementioned disciplines aspire to integrate all aspects into a comprehensive and coherent picture. This requires, fir...

The master economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. ... He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher to some degree.