Artwork

Contenido proporcionado por London Review of Books and The London Review of Books. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente London Review of Books and The London Review of Books o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.
Player FM : aplicación de podcast
¡Desconecta con la aplicación Player FM !

Early Modern Maths

36:42
 
Compartir
 

Manage episode 447651686 series 2525476
Contenido proporcionado por London Review of Books and The London Review of Books. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente London Review of Books and The London Review of Books o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.

On budget day, Tom Johnson joins Malin Hay to discuss the revolution in numeracy and use of numbers in Early Modern England, from the black and white squares of the ‘reckoning cloth’ to logarithmic calculating machines, as described in a new book by Jessica Marie Otis. How did the English go from seeing arithmetic as the province of tradespeople and craftsmen to valuing maths as an educational discipline? Tom and Malin consider the importance of the move from Roman to Arabic numerals in this ‘quantitative transformation’ and the uses and abuses of statistics in the period.


Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/earlymodernmaths


Sponsored links:


Use the code ’LRB’ to get £100 off Serious Readers lights here: https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb

To find out about financial support for professional writers visit the Royal Literary Fund here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/

Find out more about ACE Cultural Tours: https://aceculturaltours.co.uk


Discover the LRB's subscription podcast, Close Readings, and audiobooks here: https://lrb.me/audio



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

389 episodios

Artwork

Early Modern Maths

The LRB Podcast

40 subscribers

published

iconCompartir
 
Manage episode 447651686 series 2525476
Contenido proporcionado por London Review of Books and The London Review of Books. Todo el contenido del podcast, incluidos episodios, gráficos y descripciones de podcast, lo carga y proporciona directamente London Review of Books and The London Review of Books o su socio de plataforma de podcast. Si cree que alguien está utilizando su trabajo protegido por derechos de autor sin su permiso, puede seguir el proceso descrito aquí https://es.player.fm/legal.

On budget day, Tom Johnson joins Malin Hay to discuss the revolution in numeracy and use of numbers in Early Modern England, from the black and white squares of the ‘reckoning cloth’ to logarithmic calculating machines, as described in a new book by Jessica Marie Otis. How did the English go from seeing arithmetic as the province of tradespeople and craftsmen to valuing maths as an educational discipline? Tom and Malin consider the importance of the move from Roman to Arabic numerals in this ‘quantitative transformation’ and the uses and abuses of statistics in the period.


Find further reading on the episode page: https://lrb.me/earlymodernmaths


Sponsored links:


Use the code ’LRB’ to get £100 off Serious Readers lights here: https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb

To find out about financial support for professional writers visit the Royal Literary Fund here: https://www.rlf.org.uk/

Find out more about ACE Cultural Tours: https://aceculturaltours.co.uk


Discover the LRB's subscription podcast, Close Readings, and audiobooks here: https://lrb.me/audio



Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  continue reading

389 episodios

Todos los episodios

×
 
Loading …

Bienvenido a Player FM!

Player FM está escaneando la web en busca de podcasts de alta calidad para que los disfrutes en este momento. Es la mejor aplicación de podcast y funciona en Android, iPhone y la web. Regístrate para sincronizar suscripciones a través de dispositivos.

 

Guia de referencia rapida

Escucha este programa mientras exploras
Reproducir