| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 294 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
1. A large discourse concerning algebra -- 2. How algebra was entertained and cultivated in Europe -- 3. Ariadne's thread: William Oughtred's Clavis -- 4. Rob'd of glories: Thomas Harriot and his Treatise on equations -- 5. Moving the Alps: uncovering the mathematics of John Pell -- 6. Reading between the lines: John Wallis's Arithmetica infinitorum -- 7. Catching Proteus: the mathematics of William Brouncker -- 8. 'Many pretty things worth looking into' |
| Summary |
Includes new research, this is the most detailed study of early modern English algebra, which builds on work published in 1685 by John Wallis on the history of algebra. It is aimed at historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index |
| Subject |
Algebra -- England -- History
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MATHEMATICS -- Algebra -- Intermediate.
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Algebra
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England
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0198524951 |
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9780198524953 |
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9780191545757 |
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0191545759 |
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9780191711886 |
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0191711888 |
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