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Reading mathematics in early modern Europe : studies in the production, collection, and use of mathematical books / edited by Philip Beeley, Yelda Nasifoglu and Benjamin Wardhaugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Material readings in early modern culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Euclid--Influence.
- Euclid.
- Mathematics--Europe--History.
- Mathematics.
- Mathematics--Europe--Early works to 1800.
- Books and reading.
- History.
- Europe.
- Mathematics--Europe--Textbooks.
- Books and reading--Europe--History.
- Genre:
- Textbooks.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Philip Beeley is research fellow and tutor in the Faculty of History and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford. The focus of his research and publicationsis on correspondence networks and the history of mathematics in the seventeenth century. Yelda Nasifoglu is a historian of early modern mathematics and architecture, and an associatemember of the Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Her research interests include mathematical diagrams, non-representational uses of drawing, and book collecting practices in the early modern period. Benjamin Wardhaugh is a historian and author based in Oxford, UK, and a former fellow of All Souls College. His interests range across the history of mathematics and the ways mathematics has been part of human cultures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 23, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781000207477
- 1000207471
- 9781000207392
- 1000207390
- 9781003102557
- 1003102557
- 9781000207439
- 1000207439
- Publisher Number:
- 40030294567
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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