The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets

by Martin Campbell - Kelly (Editor), EleanorRobson (Editor), RaymondFlood (Editor), Mary Croarken (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2003

  $187.95

  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.