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The Greate Invention of Algebra: Thomas Harriot's Treatise on equations Stedall, Jacqueline A. (, 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)
The Greate Invention of Algebra: Thomas Harriot's Treatise on equations
Stedall, Jacqueline A. (, 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)
Sheds light on the work of Thomas Harriot (c1560-1621), an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry, and algebra. This book focuses on one hundred and forty of Harriot's manuscript pages, those concerned with the structure and solution of equations.
334 pages, 10 halftones
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | September 4, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9780198526025 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 334 |
| Dimensions | 161 × 242 × 23 mm · 730 g |
| Language | English |