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Robert Recorde

Robert Recorde

The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician
Buch | Hardcover
320 Seiten
2012
University of Wales Press (Verlag)
978-0-7083-2526-1 (ISBN)
CHF 104,75 inkl. MwSt
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The inventor of the equals sign (=), Robert Recorde (1510?-1558) was the first English-writing mathematics educator: this book celebrates his work

Fenny Smith is an independent scholar in Italian Renaissance algebra, with associated knowledge of ancient and medieval numerical notation and arithmetic techniques. Gareth Roberts is an Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has particular interests in the acquisition of mathematical concepts within bilingual contexts.

1 The lives and works of Robert Recorde Jack Williams 2 Robert Recorde and his remarkable Arithmetic John Denniss and Fenny Smith 3 Recorde and The Vrinal of Physick: context, uroscopy and the practice of medicine Margaret Pelling 4 The Pathway to Knowledg and the English Euclidean tradition Jacqueline Stedall 5 The Castle of Knowledge: astronomy and the sphere Stephen Johnston 6 The Whetstone of Witte: content and sources Ulrich Reich 7 The Welsh context of Robert Recorde Nia M. W. Powell 8 Commonwealth and Empire: Robert Recorde in Tudor England Howell A. Lloyd 9 Data, computation and the Tudor knowledge economy John V. Tucker

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.9.2012
Mitarbeit Anpassung von: Fenny Smith, Gareth Ffowc Roberts
Zusatzinfo Not illustrated
Verlagsort Wales
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Gewicht 431 g
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik
Mathematik / Informatik Mathematik Geschichte der Mathematik
ISBN-10 0-7083-2526-2 / 0708325262
ISBN-13 978-0-7083-2526-1 / 9780708325261
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