Jacopo da Firenze's Tractatus algorismi and early Italian abbacus culture
In the city republics of Renaissance Italy, it was a common practice among the merchant class to send sons for a two-year course of study at an "abbacus school", where they learned practical, mostly commercial mathematics, known as abbaco. From this school institution, several hundred manu...
| Main Author: | Høyrup, Jens. |
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| Other Authors: | Jacopo, da Firenze, active 1307., SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Italian |
| Published: |
Basel ; Boston :
Birkhäuser,
©2007.
Basel ; Boston : [2007] |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xii, 482 pages) : illustrations, map. |
| Series: |
Science networks historical studies ;
v. 34. |
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CMU Electronic Access
Electronic Resource Click Here| Location | Call Number: | Status |
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| CMU Electronic Access | Available |