Algorithms, Monks, And Merchants: Computing In Everyday Life In The Middle Ages

ISBN : 9789811299278

Author : Giorgio Ausiello

Publisher : World Scientific

Year : 2025

Language : English

Type : Book

Description : This book explores the tight relationship that existed between application needs and computational problem-solving methods during the Middle Ages, particularly the period between the 9th and 15th centuries. It was a time of great cultural and economic evolution, starting with the blooming phase of Arab science and continuing with the acquisition of Hindu-Arabic computation methods (based on the decimal positional number system) in Western Europe. The aim is to show, by means of suitable examples, how in the Middle Ages mathematics and computation were tightly related to the solution of everyday life problems. These ranges from religious problems like computing the date of Easter to land measurement and financial computations, as well as handling various volumes and managing agricultural resources. In particular, during the late medieval centuries when the economy

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