The greate invention of algebra [electronic resource] : Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations / Jacqueline A. Stedall

Author:: Stedall, Jacqueline A.
Published:: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (xi, 322 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators:: Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621

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Summary:

This text provides an insight into the work of Thomas Harriot (c.1560-1621), an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation astronomy, optics, geometry and algebra.

Subject(s):

Harriot, Thomas, 1560-1621—Influence
Equations
Algebra—England—History—16th century

ISBN:

9780191712364 (ebook)
0191712361 (ebook)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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