Camille Flammarion’s Pythagorean Moment
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10.47976/RBHM2020v20n391-11Keywords:
Mathematics, History, Flammarion Woodcut, Pythagorean type of PhilosophyAbstract
Flammarion’s Woodcut is a frequently discussed engraving in Camille Flammarion’s 1888 work on meteorology. It is interpreted herein as a symbolic presentation of the (Pythagorean) thesis that mathematics is the key to knowledge and, specifically, that the Calculus is the key to meteorological knowledge.
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FLAMMARION, Camille. 1888. L’atmosphère: météorologie populaire. Paris, Hachette.
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FOSSA, John A. 2008. As matemáticas puras e aplicadas. In: FOSSA, John A. Cabelos
Negros, Olhos Azuis e Outras Feições das Matemáticas Puras e Aplicadas. Natal, Editora da UFRN.
FOSSA, John A. and Glenn W. ERICKSON. 2014. The Oedipus Myth as Mathematical Allegory. In: Revista Brasileira de História da Matemática, vol. 14, n. 29, pp. 31–58. GREGORIC, Pavel. 2010. The Flammarion Woodcut. Access in: <https://blogomata.wordpress.com/category/art>.
MathIsFun. 2014. Access in: <https://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/polyhedraimages.html>.
MILLER, A. F. 1925. Camille Flammarion: His Life and His Work. In:The Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada vol. XIX, no . 8–9–10 (December), pp. 265–285. Access in: <http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1925JRASC..19..265M>.
SHERARD, R. H. 1894. Flammarion the Astronomer: His Home, His Manner of Life, His Work. In: McClure’s Magazine, vol. 2, pp. 569–577. Access in: <https//todayinsci.com/F/Flammarion_Camille/FlammarionCamille-Bio.htm>.
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FOSSA, John A. Camille Flammarion’s Pythagorean Moment. Brazilian Journal on the History of Mathematics, São Paulo, vol. 20, no. 39, p. 1–11, 2020. DOI: 10.47976/RBHM2020v20n391-11. Disponível em: https://rbhm.org.br/index.php/RBHM/article/view/1. Acesso em: 3 dec. 2024.
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