P. Bursill-Hall

Title: Independent Researcher, Lecturer in Pt IA Email: P.Bursill-Hall@dpmms Room: E0.06 Tel: +44 1223 3 37923 Personal Home Page Lookup P. Bursill-Hall in university directory Research Interests: Early Greek mathematics (particularly pre-Euclidean proof theory) and the status of mathematics in ancient natural philosophy; the status of the mathematical arts and sciences in the later Renaissance (particularly around Padua and Piccolomoni, Tartaglia, and Guidobaldo del'Monte); and the dissemination, foundations, and underpinning intuitions of 'higher mathematics' and analysis in Ancien Regime French universities and mathematical text book writers.