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The History of the History of Mathematics

The writing of mathematical histories has a long history, one which has seldom received scholarly...

John Birchensha: Writings on Music

John Birchensha (c.1605-?1681) is chiefly remembered for the impression that his theories about m...

Las infinitas vidas de Euclides

Music, Experiment and Mathematics in England, 1653-1705

How, in 1705, was Thomas Salmon, a parson from Bedfordshire, able to persuade the Royal Society t...

The Correspondence of Charles Hutton

This book contains all the letters that are known to survive from the correspondence of Charles H...

John Wallis: Writings on Music

John Wallis (1616-1703), was one of the foremost British mathematicians of the seventeenth centur...

Wie liest man historische mathematische Texte?

Werke von früheren und wichtigen Mathematikern sind faszinierend. Sie weisen aber eine ganz an...

Begegnungen mit Euklid – Wie die »Elemente« die Welt veränderten

Poor Robin’s Prophecies

Author, astrologer, journalist, satirist, and 'well-willer to the mathematics', Poor Robin of Saf...

How to Read Historical Mathematics

Techniques for deciphering texts by early mathematiciansWritings by early mathematicians feature ...

Counting

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO COUNT? WHY ARE HUMANS THE ONLY SPECIES ON EARTH THAT ...