Research Catalog

Title

Underground mathematics : craft culture and knowledge production in early modern Europe / Thomas Morel.

Author

Morel, Thomas, 1986-

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Details

Additional Authors

EBSCOhost

Description

1 online resource.

Subject

• Mine shafts > Europe > Design and construction > History
• Mine surveying > Europe > History
• Engineering mathematics > Europe > History
• Geometry > Europe > History
• Mine shafts > Mathematical models

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

Source of Description (note)

• Description based on print version record.

Contents

Of scholars and miners -- A mathematical culture : the art of setting limits -- The mines and the court -- Writing it down : innovation, secrecy, and print -- "So fair a subterraneous city" : mapping the underground -- How to teach it? : finding the right direction -- "One of geometry's nicest applications" : crafting the Deep-George Tunnel (1771-1799).

ISBN

• 9781009267274 (electronic bk.)
• 1009267272 (electronic bk.)

OCLC

ebd2923940417

Author

Morel, Thomas, 1986- author.

Title

Underground mathematics : craft culture and knowledge production in early modern Europe / Thomas Morel.

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Note

Description based on print version record.

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Available from home with a valid library card

Added Author

EBSCOhost

Other Form:

Original 9781009267304 1009267302 (DLC) 2022027018