Underground Mathematics

Name: Underground Mathematics
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009267267
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Contributor(s): Morel, Thomas Author Format: Paperback

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ISBN	9781009267267
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Publication date	May 2025
Language	English
MRP	£29.99 GBP
Page count	306
Item weight	91 g

Thomas Morel tells the story of subterranean geometry, a forgotten discipline that developed in the silver mines of early modern Europe. Mining and metallurgy were of great significance to the rulers of early modern Europe, required for the silver bullion that fuelled warfare and numerous other uses. Through seven lively case studies, he illustrates how geometry was used in metallic mines by practitioners using esoteric manuscripts. He describes how an original culture of accuracy and measurement paved the way for technical and scientific innovations, and fruitfully brought together the world of artisans, scholars and courts. Based on a variety of original manuscripts, maps and archive material, Morel recounts how knowledge was crafted and circulated among practitioners in the Holy Roman Empire and beyond. Specific chapters deal with the material culture of surveying, map-making, expertise and the political uses of quantification. By carefully reconstructing the religious, economic and cultural context of mining cities, Underground Mathematics contextualizes the rise of numbered information, practical mathematics and quantification in the early modern period.

Underground Mathematics

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Morel, Thomas Author

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