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Robert Recorde - The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician — The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician
Robert Recorde - The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician — The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician
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Disgrifiad Cymraeg / Welsh Description
Cyfrol sy'n dathlu bywyd a gwaith Robert Record (1510?-1558), mathemategydd a ddyfeisiodd y symbol hafal (=).
Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description
The inventor of the equals sign (=), Robert Recorde (1510?-1558) was the first English-writing mathematics educator: this book celebrates his work
Manylion y cynnyrch / Product details
- ISBN 13
- 9780708326824
- Gwales Code
- gwales.com.9780708326824
- Gwerthwr / Vendor
- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
- Long Title
- Robert Recorde - The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician — The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician
- Sub Title
- The Life and Times of a Tudor Mathematician
- Awdur / Author
- Press, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales
- Current Price ex VAT
- £8.99
- Current Price inc VAT
- £8.99
- Availability Status (EN)
- Non-Stock Item - Ordered on request
- Availability Status (CY)
- Archebir yn ôl y galw
- Dyddiad cyhoeddi / Publication Date
- 2013-10-02
- Cyhoeddwr / Publisher
- Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
- Editor
- Roberts, Gareth; Smith, Fenny
- Media Type (EN)
- Paperback / softback
- Media Type (CY)
- Clawr meddal
- Pages
- 256 pages
- Size
- 138 × 216 mm
- Language Code
- English
- Categori / Category
- CY: Hanes, Hanes Lleol, Arferion Gwlad, Llên Gwerin (yn Saesneg) | EN: History, Welsh Life and Customs, Local History, Folk Tales (in English)
- Is-gategori / Subcategory
- CY: Hanes - Arall (yn Saesneg) | EN: History - Other (in English)
Cynnwys / Table of Contents
1 The lives and works of Robert Recorde Jack Williams 2 Robert Recorde and his remarkable Arithmetic John Denniss and Fenny Smith 3 Recorde and The Vrinal of Physick: context, uroscopy and the practice of medicine Margaret Pelling 4 The Pathway to Knowledg and the English Euclidean tradition Jacqueline Stedall 5 The Castle of Knowledge: astronomy and the sphere Stephen Johnston 6 The Whetstone of Witte: content and sources Ulrich Reich 7 The Welsh context of Robert Recorde Nia M. W. Powell 8 Commonwealth and Empire: Robert Recorde in Tudor England Howell A. Lloyd 9 Data, computation and the Tudor knowledge economy John V. Tucker
Bywgraffiad yr Awdur / Author Biography
Gareth Roberts is an Emeritus Professor of Education at Bangor University. He has particular interests in the acquisition of mathematical concepts within bilingual contexts. Fenny Smith is an independent scholar in Italian Renaissance algebra, with associated knowledge of ancient and medieval numerical notation and arithmetic techniques.
Adolygiad y Cyhoeddwr / Publisher Review
Recent research has revealed new information about the Welsh Tudor mathematician, Robert Recorde who invented the equals sign (=) - what inspired his work and what was its influence on the development of mathematics education in the English-speaking world. The findings of that research, presented at a commemorative conference in 2008, form the core of this publication. The book begins with an account of Recorde's life and an overview of his work in mathematics, medicine and cosmography. Individual chapters concentrate on each of his books in turn, taken chronologically, and are supplemented by chapters that present historical perspectives of Recorde's work and its wider European links and one that sets Recorde's work within the general knowledge economy.
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