Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0343707

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0343707

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

At the crossroads of mathematics, navigation and exploration: A scientific biography of Henry Briggs (1561-1630). My project, a scientific biography of Henry Briggs (1561-1630), will investigate an important scholar who was at the centre of interacting networks of prominent mathematicians, colonists, and explorers. A study of Briggs's career will shed valuable light on the beginnings of mathematics as a viable profession in England, on the relationship between mathematics and scientific ideas concerning magnetism, and on the interactions between mathematics, exploration, and colonisation. Such an examination is increasingly important due to recent arguments concerning the role of mathematics in the Scientific Revolution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 30-04-2003

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $81,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology | History: British

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Other Keywords

History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History: British | Understanding the Pasts of Other Societies

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