History of Science and Mathematics
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Why were so many artificial intelligence founders so optimistic?

8 votes

Are Leibnizian infinitesimals thought to be logical fictions by Leibniz scholars?

8 votes

What did it historically mean in physics for something to "exist"?

7 votes

Why isn't Feynman's path integral taught more widely and earlier in today's academic physics curricula?

6 votes

Why were so many pre-18th century Mathematicians polymaths?

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What was the vis viva controversy, including its philosophical aspects?

3 votes

Why did Norbert Wiener break off relations with Walter Pitts?

3 votes
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When did architects learn how to calculate load on building members accurately?

3 votes

Philosophy behind category theory

2 votes
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History of Mac Lane's dissertation on abbreviated proving

2 votes

First to enumerate integer partitions?

2 votes

Who first treated sets of objects as mathematical objects in their own right?

1 vote

What was the major influence of Francis Bacon on the development of modern science?

0 votes

Physicists who were criticised for their works but later celebrated by the people

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Mathematical interpretation of Aristotelian mechanics

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Is Kline right that Cauchy believed that continuous functions must be differentiable?

-1 votes

Harm of nature vs nurture debate?

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