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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook
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The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam: A Sourcebook
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by Annette Imhausen, Eleanor Robson, Joseph W. Dauben, and Kim Plofker
Sales Rank: 439888
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List Price: $75.00
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Hardcover: 712 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press July 16, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691114854
ISBN-13: 978-0691114859
Product Dimensions:
10.1 x 7.1 x 2.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
Product Review
"this book is an essential resource." -- George Gheverghese Joseph, Nature
Product Review
This pioneering work provides English translations of mathematical texts from each of these regions and cultures, and a better understanding of their contributions to mathematics. There are nuggets of information difficult to find elsewhere. The use of non-mathematical sources, particularly letters and administrative documents from Egypt and Mesopotamia, reveals the practical applications of mathematics and the scribes who composed and used the documentsAn essential resource for anyone wishing to know more about how the mathematics of the different regions influenced and shaped the development of world mathematics.
(George Gheverghese Joseph Nature )
We're aware that the ancient cultures were mathematically advanced. Now translations of early texts from five key regions are available together for the first time, and put into context by experts.
(Nature Physics )
The corrections to the Eurocentrism that understandably characterized Western assays of the intellectual history of the planet early on must inevitably be applied to the history of mathematics. Editor Katz and his scholarly coauthors have greatly advanced the process with this one-volume sourcebookThe introductory essays that precede each section are lucidly written, well within the reach of an undergraduate math major. Katz asks more or less rhetorically 'how much effect the mathematics of these civilizations had on what is now world mathematics of the twenty-first century.' This invaluable book will help significantly in formulating an answer.
(M. Schiff Choice )
This book is an essential resource for anyone with at least an undergraduate degree in mathematics who wants to learn about non-Western mathematical developments and how they helped shape and enrich world mathematics. The book is also an indispensable guide for mathematics teachers who want to use non-Western mathematical ideas in the classroom.
(L'Enseignement Mathematique )
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