The book launch of the recently published 'Mathematical Book Histories: Printing, Provenances, and Practices of Reading' took place on Friday the 22nd of November at the Russell Library (South Campus, Maynooth University, Maynooth) . An exhibition of the texts studied was made available for people to view with speeches made by Dr Ciarán Mac an Bhaird.
Edited by Philip Beeley (University of Oxford) and Ciarán Mac an Bhaird (Maynooth University), the book collection focusses on the unique collection of mathematical texts from across Europe which are housed in the Russell Library at Maynooth. The book chapters consider a broad range of topics, including insights into various aspects of early modern mathematical book production, details of how the library collection was formed, an analysis of mathematical teaching practices in Maynooth and across Europe, and what annotations, marginal observations, and diagrams etc. reveal about the people who used the books.
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