From discrete to continuous : the broadening of number concepts in early modern England / Katherine...
From discrete to continuous : the broadening of number concepts in early modern England / Katherine...
From discrete to continuous : the broadening of number concepts in early modern England / Katherine Neal.
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002.
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N510.903/2
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174 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Ch. 1. Transformation of the Number Concept -- Ch. 2. The Ancient Sources -- Aristotle -- Euclid -- Proclus -- Greek Atomists -- Ch. 3. The Contemporary Influences -- The Abacus Tradition -- Simon Stevin -- The Techniques of Viete -- Descartes -- Ch. 4. Early Modern English Algebra -- The Nature of...
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Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, c2002.
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c2002.
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"This study explores how the development of algebraic symbolism, logarithms, and the growing practical demands for an expanded number concept all contributed to a broadening of the number concept in early modern England. An interest in solving practical problems was not, in itself, enough to cause a generalisation of the number concept. It was the...
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From discrete to continuous : the broadening of number concepts in early modern England / Katherine Neal.
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Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 16.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.
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c2002.
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N510.903/2
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1402005652 (alk. paper)
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510.903
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991015267919702626
