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Algorithms, monks, and merchants : computing in everyday life in the Middle Ages / Giorgio Ausiello.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ausiello, G. (Giorgio), 1941- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics, Medieval.
- Algorithms--History--To 1500.
- Algorithms.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New Jersey : World Scientific, [2025]
- Contents:
- Algorithms and daily life in antiquity
- Algorithms in daily life at the time of the House of Wisdom
- Algorithms and puzzles in medieval monasteries and courts
- The penetration of Indo-Arabic numbers in the West
- Abacus books and "algorisms"
- Abacus schools and mercantile life in the late Middle Ages
- Computing in humanistic culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Electronic reproduction. Singapore Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9789811299285 (electronic bk.)
- 9811299285 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 90103407316
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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