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Item Details
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CAPITALISM AND ARITHMETIC
THE NEW MATH OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY |
| By: |
Frank J. Swetz |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£14.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0812690141 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780812690149 |
| Publisher: |
OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO ,U.S. |
| Pub. date: |
1 February, 1999 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
"In Mr. Swetz's learned and engrossing commentary on the text, you can find facts that will impress your boss and amaze your friends, such as the mathematical origins of the words 'counter, ' 'banks, ' and 'digits.' The rich historical details support a compelling account of how mercantile capitalism in the Venetian republic of the early Renaissance crucially influenced the evolution of mathematics and how mathematics helped the rise of capitalism."--Wall Street Journal |
| Synopsis: |
"In Mr. Swetz's learned and engrossing commentary on the text, you can find facts that will impress your boss and amaze your friends, such as the mathematical origins of the words 'counter, ' 'banks, ' and 'digits.' The rich historical details support a compelling account of how mercantile capitalism in the Venetian republic of the early Renaissance crucially influenced the evolution of mathematics and how mathematics helped the rise of capitalism." --Wall Street Journal |
| Illustrations: |
16ill. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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