The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam : : A Sourcebook /

The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam : : A Sourcebook / / ed. by Victor J. Katz.

In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
TeilnehmendeR:
Berggren, J. Lennart.
Dauben, Joseph Warren.
Imhausen, Annette.
Plofker, Kim.
Robson, Eleanor.
MitwirkendeR:
Dauben, Joseph W.,
Imhausen, Annette,
Plofker, Kim,
Robson, Eleanor,
HerausgeberIn:
Katz, Victor J.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©2007
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (704 p.) :; 76 halftones. 210 line illus. 42 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Permissions
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1 Egyptian Mathematics
  • Chapter 2 Mesopotamian Mathematics
  • Chapter 3 Chinese Mathematics
  • Chapter 4 Mathematics in India
  • Chapter 5 Mathematics in Medieval Islam
  • About the Contributors
  • INDEX

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