This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on a variety of topics within the history of mathematics, mostly focusing on particular aspects of mathematical practice. This book is of interest to, and provides methodological inspiration for, historians of science or mathematics and students of these disciplines.
This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on a variety of topics within the history of mathematics, mostly focusing on particular aspects of mathematical practice. This book is of interest to, and provides methodological inspiration for, historians of science or mathematics and students of these disciplines.
Includes a collection of articles from a leading scholar of the history of mathematics Presents English versions of articles previously only published in Italian or German
Jens Høyrup
Mathematical Practice Mesopotamian Mathematics Practictioners' Mathematics Abbacus School Mathematics History of Algebra Historiography of Mathematics