David Fowler | |
|---|---|
| Born | 28 April 1937 Blackburn, England |
| Died | 13 April 2004 (aged 66) Warwick, England |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Greek mathematics |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Manchester University University of Warwick |
David Herbert Fowler (28 April 1937 – 13 April 2004) was a historian of Greek mathematics who published work on pre-Eudoxian ratio theory (using the process he called anthyphairesis). He disputed the standard story of Greek mathematical discovery, in which the discovery of the phenomenon of incommensurability came as a shock.
Fowler was also the translator of René Thom's book Structural Stability and Morphogenesis from French (Stabilité strukturelle et morphogénèse) into English.
References
- Obituary in The Guardian, 3 May 2004 by Christopher Zeeman.
- Obituary in The Independent, 24 May 2004.
External links
- Bibliography
- Book Review by Fernando Q. Gouvêa of The Mathematics of Plato's Academy
- Memorial symposium organized in his honor at Warwick, 9 November 2004.