By the Numbers
By the Numbers
Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England
Otis, Jessica Marie
Oxford University Press Inc
04/2024
280
Mole
Inglês
9780197608784
15 a 20 dias
A Note on Style, Dating, Money, and References
Introduction "Number, Weight and Measure": Numeracy in Early Modern England
Chapter 1 "The Dyuers Wittes of Man": The Multiplicity and Materiality of Numbers
Chapter 2 "Finding Out False Reckonings": Trust and the Function of Numbers
Chapter 3 "Set Them To the Cyphering Schoole": Reading, Writing, and Arithmetical Education
Chapter 4 "According To Our Computation Here": Quantifying Time
Chapter 5 "It is Odds of Many To One": Quantifying Chance and Risk
Chapter 6 "Davids Arithmetic": Quantifying the People
Epilogue "Heau'ns Great Arithmetician": Living in a Numerical World
Appendix Marginalia in Arithmetic Textbooks
Notes
Bibliography
Index
A Note on Style, Dating, Money, and References
Introduction "Number, Weight and Measure": Numeracy in Early Modern England
Chapter 1 "The Dyuers Wittes of Man": The Multiplicity and Materiality of Numbers
Chapter 2 "Finding Out False Reckonings": Trust and the Function of Numbers
Chapter 3 "Set Them To the Cyphering Schoole": Reading, Writing, and Arithmetical Education
Chapter 4 "According To Our Computation Here": Quantifying Time
Chapter 5 "It is Odds of Many To One": Quantifying Chance and Risk
Chapter 6 "Davids Arithmetic": Quantifying the People
Epilogue "Heau'ns Great Arithmetician": Living in a Numerical World
Appendix Marginalia in Arithmetic Textbooks
Notes
Bibliography
Index