The History of Mathematical Tables

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The oldest known mathematical table was found in the ancient Sumerian city of Shuruppag in southern Iraq. Since then, tables have been an important feature of mathematical activity and are important precursors to modern computing and information processing. This book contains a series of articles summarising the history of mathematical tables from earliest times until the late twentieth century.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Table and tabular formatting in Sumer, Babylonia and Assyria, 2500 BCE - 50 CE

The making of logarithm tables

The computation factory: de Prony's project for making tables in the 1790's

Difference engines: from Muller to Comrie

The 'unerring certainty of mechanical agency': machines and table making in the nineteenth century

Table making in astronomy

The General Registry Office and the tabulation of data, 1837 - 1939

Table making by committee; British table maker 1871 - 1965

Table making for the relief of labour

The making of astronomical tables in H.M. Nautical Almanac Office

The rise and rise of the spreadsheet

Biographical Notes

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Genre:	Importe , Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780198508410
ISBN-10:	0198508417
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Redaktion:	Campbell-Kelly, Martin Croarken, Mary Flood, Raymond
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press (UK)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	244 x 162 x 29 mm
Von/Mit:	Martin Campbell-Kelly (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.12.2003
Gewicht:	0,794 kg