David Fowler (mathematician)
| David Fowler | |
|---|---|
| Born |
28 April 1937 Blackburn, England |
| Died | 13 April 2004 (aged 66) Warwick, England |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Institutions |
Manchester University University of Warwick |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Known for | Greek mathematics |
David Herbert Fowler (/ˈfaʊlər/; 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.
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