How to read historical mathematics [electronic resource] / Benjamin Wardhaugh.
Wardhaugh, Benjamin, 1979-
2010
QA21 .W324 2010eb
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Title How to read historical mathematics [electronic resource] / Benjamin Wardhaugh.
Author Wardhaugh, Benjamin, 1979-
ISBN 9781400835331 (electronic bk.)
0691140146
9780691140148
Publication Details Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 116 p.) : ill.
Call Number QA21 .W324 2010eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 510.9
Summary "Writings by early mathematicians feature language and notations that are quite different from what we're familiar with today. Sourcebooks on the history of mathematics provide some guidance, but what has been lacking is a guide tailored to the needs of readers approaching these writings for the first time. How to Read Historical Mathematics fills this gap by introducing readers to the analytical questions historians ask when deciphering historical texts. Sampling actual writings from the history of mathematics, Benjamin Wardhaugh reveals the questions that will unlock the meaning and significance of a given text - Who wrote it, why, and for whom? What was its author's intended meaning? How did it reach its present form? Is it original or a translation? Why is it important today? Wardhaugh teaches readers to think about what the original text might have looked like, to consider where and when it was written, and to formulate questions of their own. Readers pick up new skills with each chapter, and gain the confidence and analytical sophistication needed to tackle virtually any text in the history of mathematics."--BOOK JACKET.
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Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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