Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th Centuries

Introductory remarks.- The History of Mathematics in the Progress of Mankind. Modifying the Narrative around 1800.- Practicing History of Mathematics in Islamicate Societies in the 19th-century Germany and France.- Mesopotamian Mathematics, seen "from the inside" (by Assyriologists) and "from the outside" (by Historians of Mathematics).- Appropriating Role Models for the Mathematical Profession: Biographies in the American Mathematical Monthly around 1900.- Greek Mathematics in English: The Work of Sir Thomas L. Heath (1861{1940).- Otto Neugebauer's Vision for Rewriting the History of Ancient Mathematics.- The `Mathematization of Nature': The Making of a Concept, and How It Has Fared In Later Years.- Histories of Modern Mathematics in English in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s.- Polycephalic Euclid? Collective Practices in Bourbaki's History of Mathematics.- Pulling Harriot out of Newton's shadow: How the Norwegian Outsider Johannes Lohne Came to Contribute to Mainstream History of Mathematics.- Contextualizing Unguru's 1975 Attack on the Historiography of Ancient Greek Mathematics.- Table of graphics.- Name index.

"This book appears in a series called 'Trends in the History of Science' that is devoted to papers produced in workshops and conferences ... . Every practitioner should read this book, as should all thosewho teach history of mathematics, whether out of avocational interest or because their department compels them to." (Tom Archibald, ISIS, Vol. 109 (2), June, 2018)

"The editors have compiled eleven articles with the aim of showing 'through detailed case studies how the historiography of mathematics has been influenced by the contexts and motivations of its practitioners.' ... Each article can be read independently of the rest. ... Professional historians and mathematicians with a curiosity about the work of historians will find much of interest here." (Daniel J. Curtin, MAA Reviews, maa.org, July, 2017)