Niccolò Guicciardini Explained

Niccolò Guicciardini Corsi Salviati (born 28 May 1957 in Firenze) is an Italian historian of mathematics. He is a professor at the University of Milan, and is known for his studies on the works of Isaac Newton.^[1]

Guicciardini obtained his Ph.D. from Middlesex Polytechnic in 1987 under the supervision of Ivor Grattan-Guinness.^[2]

In 2011 he was awarded the Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science.^[3]

Selected publications

• The development of Newtonian calculus in Britain, 1700-1800, Cambridge University Press, 1989 (paperback 2003).
• Reading the Principia: the debate on Newton's mathematical methods for natural philosophy from 1687 to 1736, Cambridge University Press, 1999 (paperback 2003).
• Isaac Newton on mathematical certainty and method, MIT Press, 2009 (paperback 2011).^[4]

External links

• Homepage

Notes and References

1. Web site: Niccolò Guicciardini: CV . PDF . UniMi.it . 2020-06-19.
2. Book: Guicciardini. Niccolò. The development of Newtonian calculus in Britain, 1700–1800. 10.1017/CBO9780511524745. Cambridge University Press . 2023-09-20. xi.. 1989 .
3. Web site: Fernando Gil International Prize 2011 for the Philosophy of Science . CIUHCT.org . 2013-01-15 . 2020-06-18.
4. Dunlop. Katherine. 2011-01-01. Review of Isaac Newton on Mathematical Certainty and Method, Niccolò Guicciardini. 10.1086/659400. HOPOS: The Journal of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science. 1. 2. 359–364. 10.1086/659400.