Talk:Thomas Bradwardine

Merge proposal
One person, two articles. One needs to be the article, the other a redirect. Studerby 21:29, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Go for it! I missed it in my pull through the Archbishops. Ealdgyth | Talk 21:35, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

Algebra vs Calculus
Someone changed Cantor's (?) reference from algebra to calculus giving the "fact" that calculus had been introduced from the arabs a century earlier. Actually BOTH calculus and algebra have parallel developments for thousands of years. While modern algebra may have come from the arabs fairly recently both disciplines have been around for a long long time and nobody gets sole credit for any of it. The question still is - what word goes in the paragraph? If Cantor used algebra, algebra goes there not calculus, however irrational it may seem to a reader. Maybe a longer explanation is needed. Student7 12:28, 25 October 2007 (UTC)


 * You state: ″Actually BOTH calculus and algebra have parallel developments for thousands of years. While modern algebra may have come from the arabs fairly recently both disciplines have been around for a long long time and nobody gets sole credit for any of it.″ You really have to provide sources for this - of scholarly quality. --Gerard1453 (talk) 17:25, 12 July 2019 (UTC)

Note that the same algebra-vs-calculus issue occurs art the end of the same quote in Oxford_Calculators. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.16.8.185 (talk) 16:00, 19 November 2019 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
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DNB article available
The DNB article is now available at Bradwardine, Thomas (DNB00) billinghurst  sDrewth  14:59, 21 November 2010 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: History of Medieval and Early Modern Science
— Assignment last updated by K8shep (talk) 16:13, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Added sentence about what his work was inspired by. Kjhrdt (talk) 16:42, 14 October 2022 (UTC)kjhrdt

Added citation to quote from Boyer. Added new sentence concerning influence of Al-Kindi. Kasmy (talk) 16:45, 14 October 2022 (UTC)Kasmy

Additions
I will be adding two new paragraphs in the science page, one covers Bradwardine's examination of ratios, the other is a possible link between his work and Al-Kindi's. Kasmy (talk) 17:24, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

New Additions
I will be adding a few more sentences on his early history. Kjhrdt (talk) 17:40, 11 November 2022 (UTC)


 * Just make the additions, no need for this comment. — Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 18:23, 11 November 2022 (UTC)

More Additions for History of Medieval and Early Modern Science class
I will be making more additions to the Science section, as well as the section surrounding memory. Kasmy (talk) 17:24, 18 November 2022 (UTC)