Book ID: CBB000058221

Capitalism and arithmetic: The new math of the 15th century, including the full text of the Treviso Arithmetic of 1478, translated by David Eugene Smith (1987)

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Swetz, Frank J. (Author)


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Publication Date: 1987
Physical Details: xviii + 345 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Daston, L. (1989) Review of "Capitalism and arithmetic: The new math of the 15th century, including the full text of the Treviso Arithmetic of 1478, translated by David Eugene Smith". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 517-18). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Frank, Martin
Rommevaux-Tani, Sabine
Wussing, Hans
Wagner, Ulrich
Varenbraken, Christianus van
Romero Vallhonesta, Fàtima
Journals
Bollettino di Storia delle Scienze Matematiche
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Sixteenth Century Journal
Science and Education
Renaissance Quarterly
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Publishers
Vieweg
Omirel, UFSAL
Brill
Akademie-Verlag
Princeton University
Concepts
Arithmetic
Mathematics
Geometry
Calculating machines
Abacus
Music theory
People
Riese, Adam
Aurel, Marco
Zarlino, Gioseffo
Widmann, Johannes
Varenbraken, Christianus van
Stifel, Michael
Time Periods
Renaissance
16th century
Medieval
15th century
14th century
Places
Italy
Nuremberg (Germany)
Turin (Italy)
Bologna (Italy)
Florence (Italy)
Spain
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