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Titolo: | Thomas Harriot and his world : mathematics, exploration, and natural philosophy in early modern England / / edited by Robert Fox |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 509.2 |
Soggetto topico: | Scientists - Great Britain |
Mathematics - England - History - 16th century | |
Science - England - History - 16th century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | FoxRobert <1938-> |
Note generali: | "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. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Thomas Harriot and his world |
ISBN: | 1-351-87919-7 |
1-138-11014-0 | |
1-315-23615-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910154614903321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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