The Greate Invention of Algebra: Thomas Harriot's Treatise on equations
Author:   Jacqueline A. Stedall (, Clifford Norton Student in the History of Science, The Queen's College, Oxford. Member of the Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences, The Open University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780198526025


Pages:   334
Publication Date:   03 July 2003
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Jacqueline A. Stedall (, Clifford Norton Student in the History of Science, The Queen's College, Oxford. Member of the Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences, The Open University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 24.20cm
Weight:   0.731kg
ISBN:  

9780198526025


ISBN 10:   0198526024
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   03 July 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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IntroductionI: The Treatise on equations II: Harriot's algebra after 1621 III: Harriot's reputation and influence The manuscriptsOperations of arithmetic in letters Treatise on equations Appendix: Correlations between Harriot's manuscripts and the texts of Viete, Warner and Torporley Bibliography

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This is a work of evident love and outstanding scholarship and I am sure it will do a great deal to advance the reputation of Thomas Harriot. It will, I believe, be acclaimed by academic historians and will become a seminal text for future research. The Mathematical Gazette Dr Stedall has not only put it all together, she has written a fine introduction setting out the importance of the work, and describing the controversy that its original publication in the Praxis engendered. She is to be congratulated on rescuing Harriot from oblivion. Notes and Records of The Royal Society Stedall is an author to watch ... this is a book that should be in any library that tries to have a complete set of historical source material. MAA Online


This is a work of evident love and outstanding scholarship and I am sure it will do a great deal to advance the reputation of Thomas Harriot. It will, I believe, be acclaimed by academic historians and will become a seminal text for future research. The Mathematical Gazette Dr Stedall has not only put it all together, she has written a fine introduction setting out the importance of the work, and describing the controversy that its original publication in the Praxis engendered. She is to be congratulated on rescuing Harriot from oblivion. Notes and Records of The Royal Society Stedall is an author to watch ... this is a book that should be in any library that tries to have a complete set of historical source material. MAA Online


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