The Development of Mathematics in Medieval Europe: The Arabs, Euclid, Regiomontanus

by Menso Folkerts

The Development of Mathematics in Medieval Europe complements the previous collection of articles by Menso Folkerts, Essays on Early Medieval Mathematics, and deals with the development of mathematics in Europe from the 12th century to about 1500. In the 12th century European learning was greatly transformed by translations from Arabic into Latin. Such translations in the field of mathematics and their influence are here described and analysed, notably...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0860789578
• ISBN13: 9780860789574
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.