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"An excellent book; its accurate historical and pedagogical purpose offers an accessible read for historians and mathematicians."---Raffaele Pisano, Metascience
"Well written and engaging with a wealth of useful material and a substantial bibliography for further reading, this book is a valuable resource for anyone with a serious interest in the history of algebra. With Taming the Unknown, Victor Katz and Karen Parshall have created a comprehensive synthesis of recent research on the subject, accessible to mathematicians, historians of mathematics and anyone involved in the teaching of algebra."---Adrian Rice, BSHM Bulletin
"The authors have . . . pitched their writing perfectly for their intended audience. The broad outline of the story is expressed in clear prose, combined with a judicious use of that other ‘native tongue' of the college mathematics graduate, symbolic algebra. . . . There is an extensive bibliography presenting the more detailed historical research that has been carried out. . . . You could base a really nice third-year course on this book."---John Hannah, Aestimatio

Taming the Unknown

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 7 April 2020
      ISBN-13 9780691204079
      978-0691204079
      ISBN-10 0691204071
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      Algebra

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "An excellent book; its accurate historical and pedagogical purpose offers an accessible read for historians and mathematicians."---Raffaele Pisano, Metascience
      "Well written and engaging with a wealth of useful material and a substantial bibliography for further reading, this book is a valuable resource for anyone with a serious interest in the history of algebra. With Taming the Unknown, Victor Katz and Karen Parshall have created a comprehensive synthesis of recent research on the subject, accessible to mathematicians, historians of mathematics and anyone involved in the teaching of algebra."---Adrian Rice, BSHM Bulletin
      "The authors have . . . pitched their writing perfectly for their intended audience. The broad outline of the story is expressed in clear prose, combined with a judicious use of that other ‘native tongue' of the college mathematics graduate, symbolic algebra. . . . There is an extensive bibliography presenting the more detailed historical research that has been carried out. . . . You could base a really nice third-year course on this book."---John Hannah, Aestimatio

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