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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 16 January 2003
- ISBN 9780198524953
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages306 pages
- Size 241x161x21 mm
- Weight 581 g
- Language English
- Illustrations numerous figures and halftones 0
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Short description:
Provides a new account of the development of algebra in England from the Medieval period to the later years of the 17th century. 'A Discourse Concerning Algebra' explores the lives and work of individual mathematicians, including the Oxford mathematician, John Wallis.
MoreLong description:
For historians of mathematics and those interested in the history of science, 'A Discourse Concerning Algebra' provides an new and readable account of the rise of algebra in England from the Medieval period to the later years of the 17th century.
Including new research, this is the most detailed study to date of early modern English algebra, which builds on work published in 1685 by John Wallis (Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford) on the history of algebra.
Stedall's book follows the reception and dissemination of important algebraic ideas and methods from continental Europe (especially those of Viéte) and the consequent revolution in the state of English mathematics in the 17th century. The text emphasises the contribution of Wallis, but substantial reference is also provided to other important mathematicans such as Harriot, Oughtred, Pell and Brouncker.
... this is a fascinating and stimulating read. Despite its evident scholarship it is never dry: there is a wealth of historical detail about these algebraists as people and their work is presented in a lively and lucid fashion ... here is a chance to get acquainted with some of the lesser-known names in the history of mathematics.
Table of Contents:
Preface
' A large discourse concerning algebra'
How algebra was entertained and cultivated in Europe
Ariadne's thread: William Oughtred's 'Clavis'
Rob'd of glories: Thomas Harriot and his algebra
Moving the Alps: the mathematics of John Pell
Reading between the lines: John Wallis's 'Arithmetica infinitorum'
Catching Proteus: the mathematics of William Brouncker
'Many pretty things worth looking into'
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