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From the reviews: The Praxis contains Harriot s most significant contribution to the theory of equations, the discovery that polynomials can be constructed as products of linear, or sometimes quadratic, factors. The notes that follow the translation (70 pages) offer a great deal of fine textual detail. They also contain some beautiful reproductions of the original manuscripts . Seltman and Goulding s translation is a welcome addition to this growing body of work. (Jackie Stedall, MathDL, September, 2007) The book under review is a useful English translation of a mathematically clean copy by Robert Goulding that is enriched by a competent commentary by Muriel Seltman: it makes the mathematical content accessible to the modern reader. To that end, Harriot s notation has rightly been modernized. The reader finds a comparative table of equations solved, a list of textual emendations, additional information about the Harriot papers (kept in the British Library), and a select bibliography. (Eberhard Knobloch, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 j) Seltman s and Goulding s Introduction, Commentary, and Tables are all interesting and useful. The book contains just three reproductions of Harriot s original work, each a full-page photograph of one of Harriot s manuscript sheets on algebra. These are interesting and give the reader a good sense of what it is like to read Harriot s work in the manuscripts themselves. (Janet Beery, British Society for the History of Mathematics, Vol. 24 March, 2009)

"From the reviews: ""The Praxis contains Harriot’s most significant contribution to the theory of equations, the discovery that polynomials can be constructed as products of linear, or sometimes quadratic, factors. … The notes that follow the translation (70 pages) offer a great deal of fine textual detail. They also contain some beautiful reproductions of the original manuscripts … . Seltman and Goulding’s translation is a welcome addition to this growing body of work."" (Jackie Stedall, MathDL, September, 2007) ""The book under review is a useful English translation of a mathematically ‘clean’ copy … by Robert Goulding that is enriched by a competent commentary by Muriel Seltman: it makes the mathematical content accessible to the modern reader. To that end, Harriot’s notation has rightly been modernized. … The reader finds a comparative table of equations solved, a list of textual emendations, additional information about the Harriot papers (kept in the British Library), and a select bibliography."" (Eberhard Knobloch, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 j) ""Seltman’s and Goulding’s Introduction, Commentary, and Tables are all interesting and useful. … The book contains just three reproductions of Harriot’s original work, each a full-page photograph of one of Harriot’s manuscript sheets on algebra. These are interesting and give the reader a good sense of what it is like to read Harriot’s work in the manuscripts themselves.""(Janet Beery, British Society for the History of Mathematics, Vol. 24 March, 2009)"

From the reviews: The Praxis contains Harriot's most significant contribution to the theory of equations, the discovery that polynomials can be constructed as products of linear, or sometimes quadratic, factors. ... The notes that follow the translation (70 pages) offer a great deal of fine textual detail. They also contain some beautiful reproductions of the original manuscripts ... . Seltman and Goulding's translation is a welcome addition to this growing body of work. (Jackie Stedall, MathDL, September, 2007) The book under review is a useful English translation of a mathematically `clean' copy ... by Robert Goulding that is enriched by a competent commentary by Muriel Seltman: it makes the mathematical content accessible to the modern reader. To that end, Harriot's notation has rightly been modernized. ... The reader finds a comparative table of equations solved, a list of textual emendations, additional information about the Harriot papers (kept in the British Library), and a select bibliography. (Eberhard Knobloch, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 j) Seltman's and Goulding's Introduction, Commentary, and Tables are all interesting and useful. ... The book contains just three reproductions of Harriot's original work, each a full-page photograph of one of Harriot's manuscript sheets on algebra. These are interesting and give the reader a good sense of what it is like to read Harriot's work in the manuscripts themselves. (Janet Beery, British Society for the History of Mathematics, Vol. 24 March, 2009)

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