The Greate Invention of Algebra: Thomas Harriot's Treatise on Equations (Mathematics) [Hardcover]

Jacqueline Stedall (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198526024 | ISBN-13: 978-0198526025 | Publication Date: September 4, 2003

The Great Invention of Algebra provides an insight into the work of Thomas Harriot, an innovative thinker and practitioner in several branches of the mathematical sciences, including navigation, astronomy, optics, geometry and algebra. This book focuses on one hundred and forty of these manuscript pages and concentrates on Harriot's work on the structure and solution of equations.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This book is a scholarly 'first effort' to establish Hariot's contributions to algebra, especially those specific to the solution and structure of polynomial equations. It is a first effort in that the translation and interpretation of the 140-page manuscript."--CHOICE, J. Johnson

About the Author

Jacqueline A. Stedall is a Clifford Norton Student in the History of Science, The Queen's College, Oxford. Member of the Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences, The Open University.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 4, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198526024
• ISBN-13: 978-0198526025
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,172,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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