The Practice of Mathematics in Portugal.
Papers from the International Meeting organized by the Portuguese Mathematical Society, Óbidos, 16-18 November 2000,
Luís Saraiva e Henrique Leitão (eds.),
Coimbra, Acta Universitatis Conimbrigensis, 2004
758 pp.

Conteúdo

• Henrique Leitão,
  The Practice of Mathematics in Portugal: Problems and Methods, 1-33.
• Luís Saraiva,
  Historiography of Mathematics in Portugal, 35-61.
• Bernard Goldstein,
  Preliminary remarks on Judah Ben Verga's contributions to Astronomy, 63-90.
• José Chabás,
  Abraham Zacuto's contribution to Navigation, 91-108.
• Edith Sylla,
  Mathematics in the Liber de Triplici Motu (1509) of Alvarus Thomas of Lisbon, 109-161.
• Eberhard Knobloch,
  Nunes and Clavius, 163-194.
• António Estácio dos Reis,
  Pedro Nunes' Nonius, 195-223.
• Victor Navarro Brotóns,
  Astronomy and Cosmography 1561-1625. Different aspects of the activities of Spanish and Portuguese mathematicians and cosmographers, 225-274.
• Francisco Contente Domingues,
  Nautical training and ship command in Portugal (15th to 19th centuries), 275-291.
• Ugo Baldini,
  The teaching of mathematics in the Jesuit Colleges of Portugal from 1640 to Pombal, 293-465.
• Carlos Ziller Camenietzki e Fábio Mendonça Pedrosa,
  O retorno do cometa de 1682 e os trabalhos de juventude de José Monteiro da Rocha, 467-491.
• João Queiró,
  José Anastácio da Cunha: an assessment, 493-513.
• Patricia Radelet de Grave,
  Necessity and contingency in Natural Philosophyduring the 18th century. Da Cunha's position, 515-538.
• Tradução do português de Patricia Radelet de Grave e Luís Saraiva,
  «Essai sur les Principes de Mécanique», de José Anastácio da Cunha, 539-560.
• Eduardo Ortiz,
  António Monteiro, on the practice of mathematics, 561-600.
• José Francisco Rodrigues,
  Portuguese mathematical journals: some aspects of (almost) periodical research publications, 601-627.
• Ugo Baldini and Henrique Leitão,
  Appendices

- Appendix a: Documents and Letters, 635-723.

- Appendix B: Theses of Mathematics from Jesuit Schools, 725-744.

- Appendix C: Scientific Manuscripts from the Santo Antão college, 745-758.