Robert Recorde (1510-1558)
Robert Recorde was born in Wales and taught mathematics at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He re-established mathematics in England, when the country had not seen a notable mathematician for 200 years. He explained everything in careful detail, in steps that were easy to follow and in English, as he wanted to make mathematics as accesible as possible. Most of his works were written in the form of dialogues between a master and a student. In 1551 he published an abridged version of Euclid's Elements, making the text available in English for the first time. He first used the equals sign, though using much longer lines than we do now. It took 100 years before the sign was universally accepted above alternative notations.
Robert Recorde (1510-1558)
Nota: el texto en inglés ha sido extraído del libro The Story of Mathematics, de Anne Rooney.
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