Avoiding arithmetic, or the material culture of not learning mathematics
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Avoiding arithmetic, or the material culture of not learning mathematics
zbMATH Open document ID: 1253.01001
DOI: 10.1080/17498430.2012.622639
author: Jane Wess
publication date: 2012-06-29T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 01-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 00A06
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 97F90
zbMATH DE Number: 6051124
zbMATH Keywords: mathematical instruments
zbMATH Keywords: Abacus
zbMATH Keywords: Napier's bones
zbMATH Keywords: historical instruments
Wikidata QID: Q58557679
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2012.622639
OpenAlex ID: W2089402839
cites work: Q3710492
cites work: George Brown, author of the Rotula
cites work: ‘Juglers or Schollers?’: negotiating the role of a mathematical practitioner
cites work: Q5832669
cites work: Samuel Morland and his calculating machines c.1666: the early career of a courtier–inventor in Restoration London
Recommended article: Arithmetic, Culture, and Attention
published in: BSHM Bulletin
reviewed by: Wolfgang Kaunzner
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6051124