Sacred Mathematics : : Japanese Temple Geometry / / Tony Rothman, Fukagawa Hidetoshi.
Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life--samurai, far...
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