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Robert Recorde: Tudor Scholar and Mathematician

By Gordon Roberts

Book information

Publisher
University of Wales Press
Year
2016
ISBN
1783168293, 9781783168293
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10576373 bytes)
Series
Scientists of Wales
Pages
240\241
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-03-09 18:03:29
Scientists;Professionals & Academics;Biographies &

Description

Robert Recorde was an important sixteenth-century Welsh physician and mathematician and one of the most enigmatic figures of Tudor England. This book presents a richly detailed and fully rounded picture of Recorde as an academic, theologian, astronomer, antiquarian, inventor of the “equals” sign (=), and writer of widely used textbooks. He was also a scholar who found himself completely out of depth in surrounding political and religious dramas. Drawing from numerous extracts from Recorde’s own writings transcribed into modern English, Gordon Roberts offers the first full-length biography of an intellectual at the center of intrigue and turmoil.

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