Placeholder text

Go to cart

The Greate Invention of Algebra

By Ward, Timothy Edward

The Greate Invention of Algebra Memories

The Greate Invention of Algebra

0 - Default Title
Description
The Greate Invention of Algebra' casts new light on the work of Thomas Harriot (c.1560-1621), an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry, and algebra. Although on his death Harriot left behind over four thousand manuscript sheets, much of his work remains unpublished.

This book focuses on one hundred and forty of Harriot's manuscript pages, those concerned with the structure and solution of equations. The original material has been carefully ordered, translated, and annotated to provide the first complete edition of his work on this subject, and an extended introduction provides the reader with a lucid background to the work and explains its contents. Illustrations from the manuscripts provide fascinating reference material. The appendix discusses correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of his contemporaries Viète, Warner, and Torporley.

The clear and concise exposition makes this an excellent reference volume for historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science. This is an important new resource for understanding the development of algebra in seventeenth-century England.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
336
Release Date:
2003-09-04
Publication Date:
2003-07-03
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0198526024
ISBN13:
9780198526025
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
669 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
23 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out