In line with a 1984 Anglo-French convention on Renaissance arithmetic, this extraordinary selection of essays explores the influence of the period upon the next heritage of arithmetic and technology. The individuals speak about technical themes in arithmetic heritage, similar to figurate numbers and the advance of options to algebraic equations; and so they current arithmetic in its broader cultural context via examining the industrial, social, and ideological components that formed the pre-history of chance. Key advancements in Italian, French, and Dutch arithmetic are traced, with specific cognizance to interactions of arithmetic with different disciplines, as within the rising makes use of of viewpoint in paintings. a desirable reference for arithmetic and technology historians, mathematicians, and scholars.