The Greate Invention of Algebra: Thomas Harriot's Treatise on Equations

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.


Author: Jacqueline Stedall
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 09/04/2003
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.61lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.20w x 0.93d
ISBN: 9780198526025

Review Citation(s):
Choice 02/01/2004 pg. 1101

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