Book review of: J. Mazur, Enlightening symbols. A short history of mathematical notation

DOI10.1007/S00283-015-9589-YMaRDI QIDQ317023zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Rafe Jones

Publication date 30 September 2016

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-015-9589-y

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

External book reviews (00A17) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to history and biography (01-01) Popularization of mathematics (00A09) General histories, source books (01A05)

Cites work

• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3303094 (Why is no real title available?)
• Numerical notation. A comparative history.

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• Symbols and things: mathematics in the age of steam

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