{"product_id":"taming-the-unknown-9780691204079","title":"Taming the Unknown","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An excellent book; its accurate historical and pedagogical purpose offers an accessible read for historians and mathematicians.\"\u003cb\u003e---Raffaele Pisano, \u003ci\u003eMetascience\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eTaming the Unknown\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\"\u003cb\u003e---Adrian Rice, \u003ci\u003eBSHM Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cb\u003e---John Hannah, \u003ci\u003eAestimatio\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403892891991,"sku":"9780691204079","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691204079.jpg?v=1730484816","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/taming-the-unknown-9780691204079","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}