Philip (Hrsg.) Beeley

Reading Mathematics in Early Modern Europe

Studies in the Production, Collection, and Use of Mathematical Books

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Libraries and archives contain many thousands of early modern mathematical books, of which almost equally many bear readers' marks, ranging from deliberate annotations and accidental blots to corrections and underlinings. Such evidence provides us with the material and intellectual tools for exploring the nature of mathematical reading and the ways in which mathematics was disseminated and assimilated across different social milieus in the early centuries of print culture. Other evidence is important, too, as the case studies collected in the volume document. Scholarly correspondence can help us understand the motives and difficulties in prod… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Nasifoglu, Yelda (Hrsg.) / Wardhaugh, Benjamin (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-00-020739-2
EAN: 9781000207392
Produktnummer: 34733507
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 348 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 10'729 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Abbildungen: 35 schwarz-weiße Abbildungen, 35 schwarz-weiße Fotos

Über den Autor

Philip Beeley is research fellow and tutor in the Faculty of History and Fellow of Linacre College, University of Oxford. The focus of his research and publications is on correspondence networks and the history of mathematics in the seventeenth century. Yelda Nasifoglu is a historian of early modern mathematics and architecture, and an associate member of the Faculty of History, University of Oxford. Her research interests include mathematical diagrams, non-representational uses of drawing, and book collecting practices in the early modern period.Benjamin Wardhaugh is a historian and author based in Oxford, UK, and a former fellow of All Souls College. His interests range across the history of mathematics and the ways mathematics has been part of human cultures.