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- 2002071080 contributor B9241423.
- 2002071080 created "c2002.".
- 2002071080 date "2002".
- 2002071080 date "c2002.".
- 2002071080 dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- 2002071080 description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.".
- 2002071080 description "Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Transformation of the Number Concept 1 -- Chapter 2: The Ancient Sources 12 -- Aristotle 12 -- Euclid 17 -- Proclus 22 -- Greek Atomists 25 -- Chapter 3: The Contemporary Influences 28 -- The Abacus Tradition 28 -- Simon Stevin 33 -- The Techniques of Viete 36 -- Descartes 39 -- Conclusion 45 -- Chapter 4: Early Modern English Algebra 46 -- The Nature of the Texts 47 -- Robert Recorde 49 -- The Treatment of Numbers in Arithmetic Texts 58 -- John Tapp 61 -- Thomas Harriot's Arts Analyticae Praxis 62 -- Oughtred's Clavis Mathematicae 71 -- Conclusion 77 -- Chapter 5: The Development of the Logarithms: Napier and Briggs 80 -- Napier's Background 84 -- Algebra 85 -- Napier's Logarithms 87 -- Briggs and Numerical Methods 104 -- Briggs' Method of Construction 106 -- Conclusion 113 -- Chapter 6: Isaac Barrow 115 -- Background and Education 116 -- Barrow's Mathematical Practice 121 -- Foundational Issues in Barrow's Cambridge Lectures 132 -- Conclusion 136 -- Chapter 7: John Wallis 138 -- Background and Education 139 -- Wallis' Mathematical Practice 143 -- The Composition of Continua 151 -- Conclusion. 155 -- Chapter 8: Conelusion 158 -- References: 163 -- Indices: 171.".
- 2002071080 extent "174 p. :".
- 2002071080 identifier "1402005652 (alk. paper)".
- 2002071080 identifier hrev-a0d4j1-aa.
- 2002071080 identifier 2002071080-d.html.
- 2002071080 identifier 2002071080.html.
- 2002071080 isPartOf "Australasian studies in history and philosophy of science ; v. 16".
- 2002071080 issued "2002".
- 2002071080 issued "c2002.".
- 2002071080 language "eng".
- 2002071080 publisher "Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers,".
- 2002071080 spatial "England".
- 2002071080 subject "510/.9/03 21".
- 2002071080 subject "Mathematics England History 16th century.".
- 2002071080 subject "Mathematics England History 17th century.".
- 2002071080 subject "Number concept.".
- 2002071080 subject "QA27.G7 .N43 2002".
- 2002071080 tableOfContents "Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1: Transformation of the Number Concept 1 -- Chapter 2: The Ancient Sources 12 -- Aristotle 12 -- Euclid 17 -- Proclus 22 -- Greek Atomists 25 -- Chapter 3: The Contemporary Influences 28 -- The Abacus Tradition 28 -- Simon Stevin 33 -- The Techniques of Viete 36 -- Descartes 39 -- Conclusion 45 -- Chapter 4: Early Modern English Algebra 46 -- The Nature of the Texts 47 -- Robert Recorde 49 -- The Treatment of Numbers in Arithmetic Texts 58 -- John Tapp 61 -- Thomas Harriot's Arts Analyticae Praxis 62 -- Oughtred's Clavis Mathematicae 71 -- Conclusion 77 -- Chapter 5: The Development of the Logarithms: Napier and Briggs 80 -- Napier's Background 84 -- Algebra 85 -- Napier's Logarithms 87 -- Briggs and Numerical Methods 104 -- Briggs' Method of Construction 106 -- Conclusion 113 -- Chapter 6: Isaac Barrow 115 -- Background and Education 116 -- Barrow's Mathematical Practice 121 -- Foundational Issues in Barrow's Cambridge Lectures 132 -- Conclusion 136 -- Chapter 7: John Wallis 138 -- Background and Education 139 -- Wallis' Mathematical Practice 143 -- The Composition of Continua 151 -- Conclusion. 155 -- Chapter 8: Conelusion 158 -- References: 163 -- Indices: 171.".
- 2002071080 title "From discrete to continuous : the broadening of number concepts in early modern England / Katherine Neal.".
- 2002071080 type "text".