☰

Wilbur Richard Knorr, PhD

Affiliations: 
philosophy; classics Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA 
Area:
history of mathematics
Google:
"Wilbur Knorr"
Cross-listing: History of History Tree

Tree Publications Similar researchers PubMed Report error

Parents

Sign in to add mentor
John E. Murdoch grad student 1973 Harvard
Gwilym Ellis Lane Owen grad student 1973 Harvard

Children

Sign in to add trainee

Collaborators

Sign in to add collaborator
BETA: Related publications

Publications

You can help our author matching system! If you notice any publications incorrectly attributed to this author, please sign in and mark matches as correct or incorrect.

Knorr WR. (2004) The Impact of Modern Mathematics on Ancient Mathematics Revue D Histoire Des Mathematiques. 7: 119-133
Knorr WR. (2001) On Heiberg's Euclid Science in Context. 14: 131-143
Knorr WR. (1998) “Rational Diameters” and the Discovery of Incommensurability American Mathematical Monthly. 105: 421-429
Knorr WR. (1993) Arithmêtikê stoicheiôsis: On Diophantus and Hero of Alexandria Historia Mathematica. 20: 180-192
Knorr WR. (1992) When circles don't look like circles: An optical theorem in Euclid and Pappus Archive For History of Exact Sciences. 44: 287-329
Knorr WR. (1990) Essay Review: Notes on Rosen's Copernicus, Nicolas Copernicus: Minor Works (Nicolas Copernicus: Complete Works, Vol. iii)Nicolas Copernicus: Minor Works (Nicolas Copernicus: Complete works, vol. iii). Edited by CzartoryskiPaweł; English translation and commentary by RosenEdward with the assistance of HilfsteinErna (Polish Scientific Publishers, Warsaw/Cracow, 1985, and Macmillan, London, 1986). Pp. xvi + 380. £60. Journal For the History of Astronomy. 21: 203-211
Knorr WR. (1990) John of Tynemouth alias John of London: emerging portrait of a singular medieval mathematician The British Journal For the History of Science. 23: 293-330
Knorr WR. (1989) The practical element in ancient exact sciences Synthese. 81: 313-328
Knorr WR. (1986) Archimedes' dimension of the circle: A view of the genesis of the extant text Archive For History of Exact Sciences. 35: 281-324
Knorr WR. (1983) Construction as Existence Proof in Ancient Geometry Ancient Philosophy. 3: 115-137
See more...