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And Yet It is Heard: Musical, Multilingual and Multicultural History of the Mathematical Sciences, Volume 1 and 2

Tito M. Tonietti
Publisher: 
Birkhäuser
Publication Date: 
2014
Number of Pages: 
1200
Format: 
Hardcover
Series: 
Science Networks Historical Studies 46/47
Price: 
329.00
ISBN: 
9783034806770
Category: 
Monograph
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Volume 1.- 0. Introduction.- PART I: In the ancient world.- 1. Above all with the Greek alphabet.- 2. In Chinese characters.- 3. In the Sanskrit of sacred Indian texts.-4. Not only in Arabic.- 5. Above all in the Latin alphabet.- Appendices.- Volume 2.- PART II: In the world of the scientific revolution.- 6. Not only in Latin, but also in Dutch, Chinese, Italian and German.- 7. Beyond Latin, French, English, German, Italian and Flemish: the invention of symbolism.- 8. Between Latin, French, English and German: the language of transcendence.- 9. Between Latin and French.- 10. From French to German.- PART III: It is not even heard.- 11. In the language of the Venusians.- 12. Come on, Apophis.- Bibliography.- Index of names and works.