عنوان

A discourse concerning algebra :

(Number (ISBN

0198524951

(Number (ISBN

9780198524953

Number

b794287

Title Proper

A discourse concerning algebra :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

English algebra to 1685 /

First Statement of Responsibility

Jacqueline A. Stedall.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2002.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 294 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

Dimensions

24 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-287) and index.

Text of Note

"For historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science, A Discourse Concerning Algebra provides a new and readable account of the rise of algebra in England from the Medieval period to the later years of the seventeenth century. Including new research, this is the most detailed study to date of early modern English algebra." "The book builds on the history of algebra published in 1685 by John Wallis (Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford), and follows the reception and dissemination of important algebraic ideas and methods from continental Europe (especially those of Viete), and the consequent revolution in English mathematics in the seventeenth century. The text emphasises the contribution of Wallis, but there are also chapters on Harriot, Oughtred, Pell and Brouncker."--Jacket.

Algebra-- England-- History.

Algebra.

England.

7

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Edition

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Book number

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Stedall, Jacqueline A.

Date of Transaction

20201207072718.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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