Book ID: CBB000100097

The Ciphers of the Monks---A Forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages (2001)

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King, David A. (Author)


Franz Steiner Verlag


Publication Date: 2001
Physical Details: 506 pp.
Language: English

Description Primarily on medieval European topics, but includes material on the Hindu-Arabic numerals, Islamic ciphers, and secret codes.


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Review Spalt, Detlef D. (2004) Review of "The Ciphers of the Monks---A Forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages". Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte (p. 108). unapi

Review Eagleton, Catherine (2005) Review of "The Ciphers of the Monks---A Forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 359). unapi

Review Høyrup, Jens (2008) Review of "The Ciphers of the Monks---A Forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 306). unapi

Review Serfati, Michel (2005) Review of "The Ciphers of the Monks---A Forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages". Revue d'Histoire des Sciences (p. 253). unapi

Review Hogendijk, Jan P. (2004) Review of "The Ciphers of the Monks---A Forgotten Number-Notation of the Middle Ages". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology (p. 170). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Simonov, R. A.
Iqbal, Muzaffar
Ambrosetti, Nadia
Thomas Freudenhammer
Elkholy, Yomna T.
Rashed, Roshidi
Journals
VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
British Journal for the History of Mathematics
Micrologus: Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
Tarikh-e Elm (The Iranian Journal for the History of Science)
Sudhoffs Archiv: Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Russian History
Publishers
Edizioni Cadmo
Ashgate
Palgrave Macmillan
LED
Ashgate, Variorum
Cambridge University Press
Concepts
Mathematics
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Numerals
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Number systems
Astronomy
People
Qūshjī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad
Sylvester II, Pope
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von
Ekinci, Salih Zeki
al-Khwārizmī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā
Time Periods
Medieval
Renaissance
Early modern
17th century
15th century
14th century
Places
Europe
Mediterranean region
Russia
Middle and Near East
Moscow (Russia)
Florence (Italy)
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