Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers: the ‘Magisteria Magna’
Editors
Janet Beery
University of Redlands, USAJacqueline Stedall
University of Oxford, UK
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- Review in Historia Math.“The editors, building on their extensive knowledge of Harriot and his mathematics [...] have done exemplary work researching the history and evolution of the manuscript and explaining the mathematics involved. For lovers of the history of 17th-century mathematics and algebra in particular, this book is a highly recommended addition to the mathematical literature.” — James J. Tattersall (Providence, RI)
- Review in MAA Reviews“There are far too few books that, like this one, reproduce, translate, and make accessible important mathematical works. Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers is part of a series entitled Heritage of European Mathematics, published by EMS and distributed in the U.S. by the American Mathematical Society. I hope that this means that we will see more volumes of this kind in the future!” — Fernando Q. Gouvêa (Waterville, ME)
- Review in MathSciNet
- Review in Notes Rec.“Historians of mathematics will welcome this book as providing new insights into the development of mathematics before the invention of the calculus and as a model for the publication of historical sources on mathematics. Dealing with a neat, easily comprehensible aspect of mathematics in a historically exciting period, the book has the potential to raise the interest of mathematicians in history and of historians in mathematics.” — Matthias Schlemmel (Berlin)
- Review in zbMATH (in German)