书目名称 | Thomas Harriot‘s Artis Analyticae Praxis |
副标题 | An English Translati |
编辑 | Muriel Seltman,Robert Goulding |
视频video | http://file.papertrans.cn/925/924996/924996.mp4 |
概述 | Contains errata for the original text, as well as commentary and historical information.First modern translation of the 17th century‘s most important mathematician.Includes supplementary material: |
丛书名称 | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
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描述 | The Artis analyticae praxis was published in 1631 in Latin. Until relatively - cently, an English edition would not have been considered necessary since most of the people who might have been expected to be interested in the text would have been able to read it in Latin. That is no longer the case and it is ?tting that an English edition should be published. It is also the case that a considerable proportion of the readership of the present volume will not be professional mathematicians, so we have tried to produce a translation that makes the mathematical content accessible to the modern reader. This is not because the algebra is intrinsically dif?cult but because it is not the kind of mathematics which is a part of today’s secondary school curriculum. A further problem lies in the fact that the book in the form in which it was - blished in 1631 may very well not conform to Harriot’s intentions for the publi- tion of his mathematical manuscript papers. This is why the book is accompanied by a Commentary which attempts to compare it with the appropriate passages in the surviving manuscript papers. The present work is a translation of the original text and not intended as a facsimil |
出版日期 | Book 2007 |
关键词 | History of Mathematics; Isaac Newton; algebra; equation; mathematics |
版次 | 1 |
doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49512-5 |
isbn_softcover | 978-1-4939-0201-9 |
isbn_ebook | 978-0-387-49512-5Series ISSN 2196-8810 Series E-ISSN 2196-8829 |
issn_series | 2196-8810 |
copyright | Springer-Verlag New York 2007 |