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Robert Recorde
(c. 1512/1510 – 1558)
 

Welsh physician and mathematician, who invented the "equals" sign (=) and also introduced the pre-existing "plus" sign (+) to English speakers in 1557.

Works

  • The Grounde of Artes, teachings the Worke and Practise, of Arithmeticke, both in whole numbers and fractions (1543)
  • The Urinal of Physick (1548) Google book
  • The Pathewaie to Knowledge, containing the First Principles of Geometry … bothe for the use of Instrumentes Geometricall and Astronomicall, and also for Projection of Plattes (1551)
  • Castle of Knowledge (1556) external link
  • The Whetstone of Witte (1557) external link

Works about Recorde

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