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Contributions to the History of Science: Part I. Robert of Chester's Latin Translation of the Algebra of Al-Khowarizmi

Translated by Louis Charles Karpinski

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Focusing on a history of science and mathematics, this title is an English translation of a Latin text that describes the mathematical ideas of Al-Khowarizmi, an Arabic mathematician. At the time of its original publication, the author attempted to use newer phrasing to make this text more readable to the contemporary mathematics student.

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Publisher | The University of Michigan Press
Published date | 1 Jan 1915
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 188
Dimensions | 254 x 178 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 0g
ISBN | 978-0-4727-5151-8
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BISAC | mathematics / general

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