Reading Mathematics in Early Modern Europe: Studies in the Production, Collection, and Use of Mathematical Books (ISSN)

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Synopsis
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 producing new printed texts, library catalogues can illuminate collection practices, while manuscripts can teach us more about textual traditions. By defining and illuminating the distinctive world of early modern mathematical reading, the volume seeks to close the gap between the history of mathematics as a history of texts and history of mathematics as part of the broader history of human culture.
Copyright:
2021

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
332 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781000207392
Related ISBNs:
9781003102557, 9780367609269, 9780367609252, 9781000207477, 9781003102557, 9780367609269, 9780367609252, 9781000207439
Publisher:
Taylor & Francis
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N/A
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Mathematics and Statistics, Philosophy
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Philip Beeley
Edited by:
Yelda Nasifoglu
Edited by:
Benjamin Wardhaugh

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