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Mathematical Treasure: Johann Heinrich Alsted’s Methodus admirandorum mathematicorum
Johann Heinrich Alsted (1588–1638) was a German Calvinist minister and academic. He was known as a philosopher and a theologian; however, his primary achievement was as an encyclopedist. Among his works for specific disciplines was the 1613 Methodus admirandorum mathematicorum: complectens novem libris matheseos universae (The marvelous method of mathematics: comprising nine books of universal mathematics).
A full digitization of the copy owned by the Bavarian State Library and initially posted in Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum (MDZ) Digitale Bibliothek is also available from GoogleBooks.
Substantial revisions were made to the 1623 second edition:
A full digitization of the copy owned by the Bavarian State Library and initially posted in Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum (MDZ) Digitale Bibliothek is also available from GoogleBooks.
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Johann Heinrich Alsted’s Methodus admirandorum mathematicorum," Convergence (January 2024)
