Talk:Oxford Calculators

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 20 January 2021 and 7 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Dplf2b, Martinmart10.

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HSCI PEER REVIEW
I think the article is very informative and well written. One of the things that I like to see when I read an article that I am unfamiliar with is if it was written in such a manner that someone who has no knowledge about the topic can understand what they are reading. I believe you accomplished just that. Like that previous reviewer said I also like the fact that you added information on the people you did. I think it helps paint the complete picture and allows the article be all encompassing in regards to what it is and its history.

The only things that I can suggest is that you might look at adding a little bit more information about John Dumblton. As the previous review stated I liked that you added in information about the different people involved but just a little bit more information on them would be great. The other thing that I can think of is that you might consider adding in a few different pictures. Perhaps a picture of some of the people that you have sections on in your article. Lizzygabbie (talk) 18:26, 27 March 2014 (UTC)

HSCI Peer Review
I thought it was a good ideal to add the information about that last few people you added to the article. It allows for more information and history behind the oxford calculators. I also thought that the information you added to the science section was very good. You were also able to tie it into Aristotle well and what we talked about in class. I thought that was a really good idea.

Some things that may need some work is tying the people you added at the end into the rest of the information. I think the information you provided in those sections are good and vital, it seems a little choppy and just sort of there. A minor change that could be good is changing the section name science to something better. Lastly, I was left feeling a little confused on whether this is how the oxford calculators got their start. If they did come from these men, maybe give some explanation as to how it became a type of calculator over history into modern day. K.ebersole (talk) 21:23, 28 March 2014 (UTC)

John Dumbleton
Considering the lack of information provided, was John Dumbleton influential enough to be mentioned here? Consider deleting or adding more information. Also, are the calculators already mentioned the only influential figures? Bahm9d (talk) 17:54, 16 February 2018 (UTC)

Missing Reference?
I was reading the section on Thomas Bradwardine and noticed there was no reference for his published works. Could this be added? Martinmart10 (talk) 17:49, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

William Heytesbury
It is noted that William was a Chancellor of Oxford yet there is no reference to this, and the reference close tho this sentence makes no mention of it. Could this be added? Sjhxbn (talk) 21:00, 19 February 2021 (UTC)

New Section: Latitude of Forms
Adding a new section about the Latitude of Forms to the article, it is a subject many of the prominent calculators published volumes about. Martinmart10 (talk) 16:14, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

Energy, and hence power, were discovered centuries later?
"Aristotle believed that only length and motion were able to be quantified. But they used his philosophy and proved it untrue by being able to calculate things such as temperature and power.[2]" seems to be incorrect. I haven't been able to look at the reference, but I am pretty sure power (rate of transformation of energy) was not discovered until several centuries later, because energy was only discovered several centuries later, by Leibniz. "The modern concept of energy emerged[when?] from the idea of vis viva (living force), which Leibniz defined as the product of the mass of an object and its velocity squared[full citation needed]; he believed that total vis viva was conserved. To account for slowing due to friction, Leibniz claimed that heat consisted of the random motion of the constituent parts of matter — a view described by Bacon in Novum Organon to illustrate Inductive reasoning and shared by Isaac Newton, although it would be more than a century until this was generally accepted. " says https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_energy Arctic Gazelle (talk) 17:47, 18 May 2021 (UTC)

Roger Swineshead?
Really. AnnaComnemna (talk) 00:49, 7 June 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: History of Science
— Assignment last updated by K8shep (talk) 16:15, 22 March 2024 (UTC)

Mean-Speed Theorem
I will be adding more information pertaining to the mean-speed theorem. Chancewilber1 (talk) 23:53, 11 April 2024 (UTC)

Article Reorganization
I will be reorganizing the base structure of this article. Separating the 'Science' section into several subheadings that highlight the different accomplishments done by the calculators. Putting all the calculators under a 'People' heading for more readable structure.

Janbcb (talk) 16:15, 12 April 2024 (UTC)