title: "This compendious language": mathematics in the world of Augustus De Morgan.
abstract: Mathematics is the most chameleon of subjects, whose meaning is differently defined in different circumstances. This essay considers the mathematics of Augustus De Morgan as an illustration of the ways that the essence of the subject, the very objects that are included within it, has been adjusted in response to cultural factors. Since these cultural factors are the same ones that shape scientific development, the argument is that the history of mathematics and the history of science are always inextricably bound to one another.
authors.affiliation: Department of History, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
authors.forename: Joan L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D003469:Culture; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006808:Humanism / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language / Q000266:history; D008433:Mathematics / Q000266:history*