Book review of: J.-L. Chabert et al., Histoire d'algorithmes. Du caillou à la puce

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2015.07.002zbMath1360.00025OpenAlexW2197543377WikidataQ111686980 ScholiaQ111686980MaRDI QIDQ309809

Maarten Bullynck

Publication date: 7 September 2016

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2015.07.002

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of numerical analysis (65-03) General histories, source books (01A05) External book reviews (00A17)

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