Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Jens Hoyrup
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The World of the Abbaco
The abbacus was a thorough and complete system of arithmetical calculations, which saw its dawn in the Indian and Arabic tradition of the Middle Ages, but which was developed in …
Mathematics and War
Mathematics has for centuries been stimulated, financed and credited by military purposes. Some mathematical thoughts and mathematical technology have also been vital in war. …
Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice
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 …
From Hesiod to Saussure, From Hippocrates to Jevons: Volume II
This book is the second of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science) and covers the Latin Middle Ages, the Renaissance …
Jacopo da Firenze's Tractatus Algorismi and Early Italian Abbacus Culture
This book deals with one of the earliest surviving "e;abbacus"e; treatises, one that is by far more orderly than any of the extant predecessors and is also the first to …
Explorations and False Trails
This book provides a unique perspective on the history of European algebra up to the advent of Viète and Descartes. The standard version of this history is written on the basis of …
From Hesiod to Saussure, From Hippocrates to Jevons: Volume I
This book is the first of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is ancient …
From Hesiod to Saussure, From Hippocrates to Jevons: Volume III
This book is the third of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is Western Europe …
Lengths, Widths, Surfaces
In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "e;algebra"e; texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens …
Mathematics and War
Mathematics has for centuries been stimulated, financed and credited by military purposes. Some mathematical thoughts and mathematical technology have also been vital in war. …
Lengths, Widths, Surfaces
In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens Høyrup proposes …