Symbols and Things - Material Mathematics in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

An Exploration of the Essential Material Practices, New Technologies, and Paper Tools British Mathematicians Relied on in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

About the author

Kevin Lambert is a historian of science and mathematics and professor in the liberal studies department at California State University, Fullerton.

Summary

An exploration of things and equipment used by eighteenth- and ninteenth-century mathematicians.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin Lambert
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780822946830
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-4683-0
• No. of pages: 330
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 232 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 658 g
• Series: Sci & Culture in the Nineteent; Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century; Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries