Format:
1 online resource (xviii, 255 pages)
ISBN:
9781315236155
,
9781351879187
Content:
1. Thomas Harriot and the great mathematical tradition / Jon V. Pepper -- 2. Chymicorum in morem : refraction, matter theory, and secrecy in the Harriot-Kepler correspondence / Robert Goulding -- 3. Reconstructing Thomas Harriot's treatise on equations / Jacqueline Stedall -- 4. Harriot on combinations / Ian Maclean -- 5. Thomas Harriot as an English Galileo : the force of shared knowledge in early modern mechanics / Matthias Schemmel -- 6. Why Thomas Harriot was not the English Galileo / John Henry -- 7. Patronizing, publishing and perishing : Harriot's lost opportunities and his lost work 'Arcticon' / Stephen Pumfrey -- 8. Last act? 1618 and the shaping of Sir Walter Ralegh's reputation / Mark Nicholls -- 9. Thomas Harriot and the mariner's culture : on board a transatlantic ship in 1585 / Pascal Brioist.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780754669609
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781138110144
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780754669609
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781315236155
