02544oam 2200517I 450 99101546149033211-351-87919-71-138-11014-01-315-23615-X10.4324/9781315236155 (CKB)3710000000965431(MiAaPQ)EBC4758913(OCoLC)965443653(EXLCZ)99371000000096543120180706e20162012 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThomas Harriot and his world mathematics, exploration, and natural philosophy in early modern England /edited by Robert FoxLondon ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (274 pages) illustrations"First published 2012 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso."Papers based on the Harriot lectures delivered at Oriel College between 2000 and 2009."--T.p. verso.0-7546-6960-2 1-351-87920-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Thomas Harriot and the great mathematical tradition / Jon V. Pepper -- 2. Chymicorum in morem : refraction, matter theory, and secrecy in the Harriot-Kepler correspondence / Robert Goulding -- 3. Reconstructing Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations / Jacqueline Stedall -- 4. Harriot on combinations / Ian Maclean -- 5. Thomas Harriot as an English Galileo : the force of shared knowledge in early modern mechanics / Matthias Schemmel -- 6. Why Thomas Harriot was not the English Galileo / John Henry -- 7. Patronizing, publishing and perishing : Harriot's lost opportunities and his lost work 'Arcticon' / Stephen Pumfrey -- 8. Last act? 1618 and the shaping of Sir Walter Ralegh's reputation / Mark Nicholls -- 9. Thomas Harriot and the mariner's culture : on board a transatlantic ship in 1585 / Pascal Brioist.ScientistsGreat BritainBiographyMathematicsEnglandHistory16th centuryScienceEnglandHistory16th centuryElectronic books.ScientistsMathematicsHistoryScienceHistory509.2Fox Robert1938-40639Oriel College (University of Oxford)MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910154614903321Thomas Harriot and his world2172852UNINA