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  • The World of the Abbaco
    Jens Høyrup
    The abbacus was a thorough and complete system of arithmetical calculations, which saw its dawn in the Indian and Arabic tradition of the Middle Ages, but which was developed in its fully fledged aspects especially in Italy, between Genoa, Milan, Venice and the region of Umbria. In this monograph, Høyrup explores how the abbacus tradition has developed in Europe, with a focus ...
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    75,54 €

  • Selected Essays on Pre- and Early Modern Mathematical Practice
    Jens Høyrup
    This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on a variety of topics within the history of mathematics, mostly focusing on particular aspects of mathematical practice. This book is of interest to, and provides methodological inspiration for, historians of science or mathematics and students of these disciplines. ...
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    83,23 €

  • Lengths, Widths, Surfaces
    Jens H. Yrup / Jens Hoyrup
    In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform 'algebra' texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens Høyrup proposes that the traditional interpretation must be rejected. The texts turn out to speak not of pure numbers, but of the dimensions and areas of rectangles and other measurable ge...
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    243,68 €