Capitalism and arithmetic : the new math of the 15th century, including the full text of the Treviso arithmetic of 1478, translated by David Eugene Smith

Author(s)

• Swetz, Frank
• Smith, David Eugene

Bibliographic Information

Capitalism and arithmetic : the new math of the 15th century, including the full text of the Treviso arithmetic of 1478, translated by David Eugene Smith

Frank J. Swetz

Open Court, 1987

• : pbk

Uniform Title

Arte dell'abbaco

Note

Bibliography: p. 305-339

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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

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• NCID: BA05091186
• ISBN:
  • 0875484387
  • 0812690141
• LCCN: 85021694
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ita
• Place of Publication: La Salle, Ill.
• Pages/Volumes: xviii, 345 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA23
  • DC19 : 510/.9/024
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mathematics -- History -- 15th century
  • LCSH : Arithmetic -- History -- 15th century
• Uniform Title ID:
  • EA00222474