Robert Recorde Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation /

• Main Author: Williams, Jack (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: History of Computing,
• Subjects: Computer science.; History.; Computers.; Mathematics.; Computer Science.; History of Computing.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; History, general.; History of Science.

The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked. Robert Recorde: Tudor Polymath, Expositor and Practitioner of Computation presents an authoritative and in-...

Table of Contents:

• A Chronology
• Part I: ‘Profite and Commoditie’: the Practitioners
• Introduction
• Robert Recorde and William Herbert Earl of Pembroke
• The Affair at Clonmines
• The Physician
• Part II: Intrinsic Worth
• Introduction
• The Grounde of Artes
• The Pathway to Knowledg
• The Castle of Knowledge
• The Whetstone of Witte
• Antiquary and Linguist
• Readers and Publisher
• Part III: Retrospect and Prospects
• Retrospect and Prospects
• His Will and His Religion.