Mathematical works printed in the Americas, 1554-1700 /

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Author / Creator:Burdick, Bruce Stanley.
Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.
Description:x, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Johns Hopkins studies in the history of mathematics
Subject:Mathematics -- America -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography.
Mathematical literature -- America -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography.
Ethnomathematics -- America -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography.
Ethnomathematics.
Mathematical literature.
Mathematics.
America -- Imprints -- Early works to 1800 -- Bibliography.
America.
Bibliographies.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7705970
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ISBN:9780801888236 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801888239 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 328-344) and indexes.
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This book describes 39 mathematical treatises and 220 almanacs that were published in Mexico, Lima, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York before the 18th century. Spanish works dominated the period; nearly half of the total were printed in Mexico. In compiling information about these texts, Burdick (Roger Williams Univ.) follows in the footsteps of the classic mathematics cataloger Louis C. Karpinski (Bibliography of Mathematical Works Printed in America through 1850, 1940). His work also joins more recent efforts such as A Station Favorable to the Pursuits of Science, the listing of history of mathematics sources held by the United States Military Academy, completed in 2000 by Joe Albree, David C. Arney, and V. Frederick Rickey. This volume is organized by year; almanacs and other mathematical writings are separately numbered. As applicable, each entry contains publication information, other catalogs that mentioned the work, locations of original copies, the existence of microfilmed copies, content notes, biographical data for authors, and photographs of pages. The lengths of entries range from three lines for Juan Ramon Koenig's 1689 El Conocimiento de los Tiempos to 33 pages for Juan Diez Freyle's 1556 Sumario compendioso. Burdick has personally examined most of the texts he includes. His notes detail general trends, such as concerns about comets, as well as quirky characteristics of individual books that caught his eye. Indexes group the works by topic, by author, by printer, and by current holding library. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above; general readers. A. K. Ackerberg-Hastings University of Maryland

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