Poor Robin: the fun 18th century almanac that taught mathematics
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2012 · Education
How did ordinary tradespeople, soldiers, farmers, and housekeepers learn mathematics in the eighteenth century? Benjamin Wardhaugh explains the curious part that a little almanac, Poor Robin, played in the rise of scientific literacy. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199605422.do
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