Overview
- Contains errata for the original text, as well as commentary and historical information
- First modern translation of the 17th century's most important mathematician
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences (SHMP)
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"The Praxis contains Harriot’s most significant contribution to the theory of equations, the discovery that polynomials can be constructed as products of linear, or sometimes quadratic, factors. … The notes that follow the translation (70 pages) offer a great deal of fine textual detail. They also contain some beautiful reproductions of the original manuscripts … . Seltman and Goulding’s translation is a welcome addition to this growing body of work." (Jackie Stedall, MathDL, September, 2007)
"The book under review is a useful English translation of a mathematically ‘clean’ copy … by Robert Goulding that is enriched by a competent commentary by Muriel Seltman: it makes the mathematical content accessible to the modern reader. To that end, Harriot’s notation has rightly been modernized. … The reader finds a comparative table of equations solved, a list of textual emendations, additional information about the Harriot papers (kept in the British Library), and a select bibliography." (Eberhard Knobloch, Mathematical Reviews, Issue 2008 j)
"Seltman’s and Goulding’s Introduction, Commentary, and Tables are all interesting and useful. … The book contains just three reproductions of Harriot’s original work, each a full-page photograph of one of Harriot’s manuscript sheets on algebra. These are interesting and give the reader a good sense of what it is like to read Harriot’s work in the manuscripts themselves."(Janet Beery, British Society for the History of Mathematics, Vol. 24 March, 2009)
Authors and Affiliations
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Greenwich University, SE9 2UG, Greenwich, UK
Muriel Seltman
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Program of Liberal Studies, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, USA
Robert Goulding
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Thomas Harriot's Artis Analyticae Praxis
Book Subtitle: An English Translation with Commentary
Authors: Muriel Seltman, Robert Goulding
Series Title: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49512-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-49511-8Published: 08 June 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-0201-9Published: 21 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-49512-5Published: 09 May 2007
Series ISSN: 2196-8810
Series E-ISSN: 2196-8829
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 299
Topics: History of Mathematical Sciences, Algebra