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Albrecht Heeffer
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2025
Dutch algebra and arithmetic in Japan before the Meiji restoration
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Navigating across mathematical cultures and times
2025
2024
The difficult relation of surveyors with algebra : the hundred mathematical questions of cardinael
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Beyond the learned academy : the practice of mathematics, 1600-1850
2024
2021
Beloften en teleurstellingen van artificiële intelligentie voor wetenschappelijke ontdekkingen
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
ALGEMEEN NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR WIJSBEGEERTE
2021
Mydorge, Claude
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Encyclopedia of early modern philosophy and the sciences
2021
Quantifications of the secondary qualities, heat and cold, on the earliest scales of thermoscopes
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
EARLY SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
2021
Recreational mathematics
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Encyclopedia of early modern philosophy and the sciences
2021
2020
Leurechon, Jean
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Encyclopedia of early modern philosophy and the sciences
2020
2019
Visual culture and mathematics in the early modern period
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2019
2018
Handling inconsistencies in the early calculus : an adaptive logic for the design of chunk and permeate structures
Jesse Heyninck
Peter Verdée
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHICAL LOGIC
2018
Strict finitistische wiskunde zonder bescheidenheid
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Laat ons niet ernstig blijven : huldeboek voor Jean Paul Van Bendegem
2018
2017
'A difficult case' : Pacioli and Cardano on the Chinese Rings
Albrecht Heeffer
Andreas M. Hinz
A4
Journal Article
in
Recreational mathematics magazine
2017
Arithmetic in the Renaissance
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Encyclopedia of Renaissance philosophy
2017
Euler et le parcours du cavalier, avec une annexe sur le théorème des polyèdres by Jacques Sesiano
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2017
Springer handbook of model-based science : models in mathematics
Book editor
2017
Using invariances in geometrical diagrams : Della Porta, Kepler and Descartes on refraction
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
The optics of Giambattista Della Porta (ca. 1535–1615) : a reassessment
2017
2016
The emperor’s new mathematics : Western learning and imperial authority during the Kangxi Reign (1662-1722) by Catherine Jami
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2016
The hundred geometrical questions of Sybrandt Hansz cardinael : early-modern Dutch geometry from the surveyor’s tradition
Albrecht Heeffer
Matthijs Hendricus Sitters
Book
2016
2015
Récréations mathématiques au Moyen Âge by Jacques Sesiano
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2015
Writing the history of mathematical notation: 1483 - 1700
Sister Mary Leontius Schulte
Albrecht Heeffer
Book
2015
2014
Ad Meskens, Practical mathematics in a commercial metropolis. Mathematical life in late 16th century Antwerp (Dordrecht etc.: Springer 2013).
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2014
Data-driven induction in scientific discovery : a critical assessment based on Kepler's discoveries
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Logic, reasoning, and rationality
2014
Epistemic justification and operational symbolism
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
2014
How algebra spoiled recreational problems: a case study in the cross-cultural dissemination of mathematics
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
HISTORIA MATHEMATICA
2014
On remembering Cardano Anew
Albrecht Heeffer
Tony Rothman
A1
Journal Article
in
MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCER
2014
Script and symbolic writing in mathematics and natural philosophy
Maarten Van Dyck
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
2014
The pigeonhole principle, two centuries before Dirichlet
Rittaud Benoît
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCER
2014
Was Uncle Tom right that quadratic problems can't be solved with the rule of false position?
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCER
2014
2013
Algebraic symbolism as a conceptual barrier in learning mathematics
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2013
Henri Bosmans S.J. (1852–1928): grondlegger van de geschiedenis van de wiskunde in België
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
STUDIUM (ROTTERDAM)
2013
Identifying adequate models in physico-mathematics: Descartes' analysis of the rainbow
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Model-based reasoning in science and technology : theoretical and cognitive issues
2013
Why the quadratic equation has only one root (according to abbaco masters)
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
MATHEMATICS TODAY
2013
2012
Defending hypatia: Ramus, Savile, and the renaissance discovery of mathematical history by Robert Goulding
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2012
Dutch arithmetic, samurai and warships: teaching of Western mathematics in pre-Meiji Japan
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2012
Pieter J. van Strien, Psychologie van de wetenschap: creativiteit, serendipiteit, de persoonlijke factor en de sociale context
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2012
Sangaku: the mathematics of traditional Japanese votive tablets
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
MATHEMATICS TODAY
2012
Surmounting obstacles: circulation and adoption of algebraic symbolism
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
PHILOSOPHICA (GENT)
2012
The genesis of the algebra textbook: from Pacioli to Euler
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
ALMAGEST
2012
The rule of quantity by Chuquet and de la Roche and its influence on German Cossic algebra
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Pluralité de l'algèbre à la Renaissance
2012
Using historical models for science education: a case study on the rainbow
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2012
2011
From problem solving to the teaching of algebra: the genesis of the algebra textbook
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2011
Historical objections against the number line
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
SCIENCE & EDUCATION
2011
Hypocrisie binnen de wiskunde?
Albrecht Heeffer
A4
Journal Article
in
WISKUNDE & ONDERWIJS
2011
Models of scientific discovery: what do they explain?
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2011
On the curious historical coincidence of algebra and double-entry bookkeeping
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Foundations of the formal sciences VII : bringing together philosophy and sociology of science
2011
2010
Ad meskens, travelling mathematics: the fate of Diophantos' Arithmetic (Basel: Springer & Birkhäuser 2010)
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2010
Algebraic partitioning problems from Luca Pacioli’s Perugia manuscript (Vat. Lat. 3129)
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
2010
Bibliographie d'Henri Bosmans
Albrecht Heeffer
Michel Hermans
Jean-François Stoffel
Bibliography
2010
Estienne de la Roche’s appropriation of Chuquet (1484)
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2010
From the second unknown to the symbolic equation
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Philosophical Aspects of Symbolic Reasoning in Early Modern Mathematics
2010
Philosophical Aspects of Symbolic Reasoning in Early Modern Mathematics
Book editor
2010
Strikt finitistische rekenkunde zonder vrees
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
ALGEMEEN NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR WIJSBEGEERTE
2010
The Reception of Ancient Indian Mathematics by Western Historians
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Ancient Indian Leaps into Mathematics
2010
The body in Renaissance arithmetic: from mnemonics to embodied cognition
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2010
The symbolic model for algebra : functions and mechanisms
Albrecht Heeffer
P1
Conference
2010
2009
Laudation Jens Høyrup
Erik Weber
Albrecht Heeffer
Biography
2009
On the Nature and Origin of Algebraic Symbolism
Albrecht Heeffer
P1
Conference
2009
Patricia Radelet-de Grave (red.) [avec la collaboration de Cathy Brichard], Liber amicorum Jean Dhombres (Turnhout: Brepols et Louvain-la-Neuve: Université Catholique de Louvain, Centre de recherche en histoire des sciences 2008)
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookreview
2009
The Abbaco Tradition (1300-1500): its role in the development of European algebra
Albrecht Heeffer
A4
Journal Article
in
SUURI KAISEKI KENKYUUJO KOUKYUUROKU
2009
2008
A conceptual analysis of early arabic algebra.
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
The unity of science in the arabic tradition : science, logic, epistemology and their interactions
2008
An introduction to wasan, native Japanese mathematics
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
History and Pedagogy of Mathematics
2008
Negative numbers as an epistemic difficult concept. Some lessons from history.
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2008
Regiomontanus and Chinese mathematics
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
PHILOSOPHICA (GENT)
2008
Text production reproduction and appropriation within the abbaco tradition: a case study
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
Sources and Commentaries in Exact Sciences
2008
The Emergence of Symbolic Algebra as a Shift in Predominant Models
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENCE
2008
2007
Abduction as a strategy for concept formation in mathematics : Cardano postulating a negative
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2007
Father Henri Bosmans (S.J.) A Belgian pioneer in the history of mathematics
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Newsletter
2007
Incommensurability in Mathematics: Methodological Considerations for the History of Algebra
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2007
Learning concepts through the history of mathematics: the case of symbolic algebra.
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Philosophical dimensions in mathematics education
2007
Mathematics Education Through Lesson Study in the Asia-Pacific Region
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Newsletter
2007
The Genesis of the Algebra Textbook: From Pacioli to Euler
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2007
The Role of Typographical Fixity in the Acceptance of Algebraic Symbolism in Sixteenth-century Europe
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2007
The tacit appropriation of Hindu algebra in renaissance practical arithmetic
Albrecht Heeffer
A4
Journal Article
in
GANITA BHARATI
2007
2006
Indian influences on Renaissance arithmetic and algebra
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2006
Récréations mathématiques (1624): a study on its authorship, sources and influence
Albrecht Heeffer
A4
Journal Article
in
GIBECIERE
2006
The Logic of Disguise: Descartes’ Discovery of the Sine Law
Albrecht Heeffer
A2
Journal Article
in
HISTORIA SCIENTIARUM. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE OF JAPAN.
2006
The Methodological Relevance of the History of Mathematics for Mathematics Education
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2006
The origin of the problems in Euler's Algebra
Albrecht Heeffer
A1
Journal Article
in
BULLETIN OF THE BELGIAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY-SIMON STEVIN
2006
Van precepten tot vergelijkingen : de conceptuele ontwikkeling van de symbolische algebra in de zestiende eeuw
Albrecht Heeffer
Diderik Batens
Jean Van Bendegem
Dissertation
2006
2005
The Regula Quantitatis or the invention of the second unknown
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
2005
2003
Kepler's near discovery of the sine law: a qualitative computational model.
Albrecht Heeffer
Bookchapter
in
Computer modeling of scientific reasoning
2003
1997
A Cost Function approach towards Scheduling of Highly Constrained Resources
P DE CAUSMAECKER
Albrecht Heeffer
Greet Vanden Berghe
C1
Conference
1997
1986
An overview of expert systems
Fernand Vandamme
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
1986
Chunking as a method for concept acquisition
Albrecht Heeffer
Marc Leman
C1
Conference
1986
1985
Validating concepts from automated acquisition systems
Albrecht Heeffer
C1
Conference
1985