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Dewey Class	510.09 (DDC 22)
Title	The History of Mathematical Tables : From Sumer to Spreadsheets ([Ebook]) / Edited by Martin Campbell-Kelly, Mary Croarken, Raymond Flood, Eleanor Robson.
Added Personal Name	Campbell-Kelly, Martin
	Croarken, Mary
	Flood, Raymond
	Robson, Eleanor
Other name(s)	Oxford Scholarship Online
Publication	Oxford, U.K. : Oxford University Press , 2007
Physical Details	1 online resource
ISBN	9780191708831
Note	Print publication date: 2003. - Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: September 2007
Summary Note	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; table making and printed tabular matter are important precursors to modern computing and information processing. This book contains a series of chapters summarizing the technical, institutional, and intellectual history of mathematical tables from earliest times until the late 20th century. It covers mathematical tables (the most important computing aid for several hundred years until the 1960s), data tables (e.g., Census tables), professional tables (e.g., insurance tables), and spreadsheets — the most recent tabular innovation. This book captures the history of tables through eleven chapters. The contributors describe the various information processing techniques and artefacts whose unifying concept is ‘the mathematical table’.:
Mode of acces to digital resource	Digital reproduction. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007. - Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 (or higher) or Firefox 2.0 (or higher)
System details note	Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscribing institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users)
Internet Site	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198508410.001.0001
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Mathematics - History . Authors: Campbell-Kelly, Martin . Croarken, Mary . Flood, Raymond . Robson, Eleanor . Corporate Authors: Oxford Scholarship Online . Classification: 510.09 (DDC 22) .

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