About David Fowler
Lived 1937 – 2004 (aged 66). David Fowler was a British mathematician and historian of mathematics, known for Greek mathematics.
David Herbert Fowler (28 April 1937 – 13 April 2004) was a historian of Greek mathematics who published work on pre-Eudoxian ratio theory (using the process he called anthyphairesis). He disputed the standard story of Greek mathematical discovery, in which the discovery of the phenomenon of incommensurability came as a shock.
Fowler was also the translator of René Thom's book Structural Stability and Morphogenesis from French (Stabilité structurelle et morphogénèse) into English.
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Who was David Fowler?
British mathematician
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David Fowler was born on 28 April 1937 in Blackburn.
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David Fowler died on 13 April 2004 in Warwick.
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David Fowler was a mathematician and historian of mathematics.
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David Fowler was known for Greek mathematics.
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David Fowler was British.
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