By the Numbers

Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England

Otis, Jessica Marie (Assistant Professor of History and Director of Public Projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media - By the Numbers

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By the Numbers focuses the transformation of popular numerical practices in early modern England. It explores the material culture of popular numeracy, including how and why people began to use Arabic numerals, and analyzes how the print revolution changed the nature of English arithmetical education. It also demonstrates several of the ways that ordinary men and women began to use numbers and quantification to explain abstract phenomena in their everyday lives.

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Writer: Otis, Jessica Marie (Assistant Professor of History and Director of Public Projects at the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media
Title: By the Numbers
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

Year: 2024
Language: English
Pages: 280
Weight: 406 gr

EAN: 9780197608784
Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Binding format: Paperback / softback

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By the Numbers

Numeracy, Religion, and the Quantitative Transformation of Early Modern England

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