Studies on the Scientific Revolution (History and Philosophyof Science): VPW

科学革命研究（科学史与科学哲学）：VPW

• 批准号: 9103931
• 负责人: Edith Sylla
• 金额: $ 10.86万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-01 至 1993-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9103931&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Studies; Scientific; Revolution; History; Philosophyof

The traditional story of the Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century is currently undergoing extensive revision, with some arguing that the concept of a scientific revolution in the seventeenth century should be abandoned altogether. A study of the early work on mathematical probability theory of Jacob Bernoulli, a professor at Basel, Switzerland, his nephew Nicolaus Bernoulli, who taught at the University of Padua, and their relations to John Bernoulli, Jacob's brother, who worked at Groningen, in Holland, can help to shed a new perspective on seventeenth century scientific developments. The largest part of the research will concern early mathematical probability theory and its social context. There will also be consideration of proposed new interpretations of what happened in seventeenth century science from the feminist perspective. The project is expected to provide new insights about the scientific revolution. It furthers VPW program objectives to provide opportunities for women to advance their careers in science or engineering through research, and to encourage other women to pursue careers in these areas through the investigators' enhanced visibility as role models on the host campuses. In this project, the proposed activities which contribute to the second objective include: teaching a course on the Scientific Revolution and/or a course on the history of women in science, through which the investigator will examine and test new feminist interpretations against the evidence; and participating in the support activities of the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science, and Engineering.

传统的科学革命的故事 世纪的历史正在经历广泛的修订， 有些人认为科学革命的概念 在世纪，应该完全放弃。 一 数学概率论的早期研究 瑞士巴塞尔的教授雅各布·伯努利， 尼古拉斯·伯努利曾在帕多瓦大学任教， 他们与雅各布的兄弟约翰·伯努利的关系 在荷兰格罗宁根，可以帮助摆脱一个新的视角， 关于十七世纪科学发展。 最大的 部分研究将涉及早期数学 概率论及其社会背景 也会有 审议对所发生事件提出的新解释 在世纪的科学中，女性主义的观点。 该项目预计将提供有关 科学革命 它进一步推动了VPW计划的目标， 为女性提供职业发展的机会， 科学或工程，并鼓励其他 女性通过以下方式在这些领域追求职业生涯 调查人员作为东道国榜样的能见度提高 校园。 在这个项目中，拟议的活动， 对第二个目标的贡献包括：教授一门课程 关于科学革命和/或关于历史的课程 科学界的女性，通过这些女性，研究人员将研究 并根据证据测试新的女权主义解释;以及 参与道格拉斯项目的支持活动 罗格斯大学数学科学与工程专业的女生