Mathematics has for centuries been stimulated, financed and credited by military purposes. Some m...

This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on ...

Preface.- Contents.- Introduction- The home of abbacus mathematics: the abbacus school.- An examp...

This book provides a unique perspective on the history of European algebra up to the advent of Vi...

This book is the third of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (inclu...

This book is the first of a three-volume set introducing the history of scientific thought (inclu...

In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform 'algebra' texts, based on a detailed investigatio...

In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform 'algebra' texts, based on a detailed investigatio...

This book deals with one of the earliest surviving 'abbacus' treatises, one that is by far more o...

This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on ...