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Author Sakurai, Susumu, 1968- author.

Uniform Title Edo no sgaku kykasho. English
Title Wasan : the fascination of traditional Japanese mathematics / Sakurai Susumu ; translated by Emma Ford, with Gaynor Sekimori.

Publication Info. Tokyo : Japanese Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2018.
©2018

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  510.952 Sa29e 2018    ---  Available
Edition First English edition.
Description 178 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Series Japan library
Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangy Shink Zaidan)
Note "This book is a translation of 'Much ni naru! Edo no sgaku' (Shueisha Inc., 2012) which was originally published under the title 'Edo no sgaku kykasho' by Shueisha International Inc. in 2009"--Title page verso.
Contents Mathematics fever -- Wasan enthusiasts and ? [pi] -- Wasan, alive today -- Exercises.
Summary Wasan - a unique form of Japanese mathematics - was developed during the Edo period (1603-1868), a time when the entire country was isolated from the rest of the world. Mathematics was enjoyed as a form of entertainment by adults and children alike and by people of all social classes. Jinkki, a mathematics textbook, was used at private elementary schools called terakoya and became a bestseller that could be found in every household. Furthermore, world-class works were produced by Japanese mathematicians such as Seki Takakazu and Takebe Katahiro. This book explores the beauty and fascination surrounding wasan by providing a guided tour that goes back in time over three hundred years and navigates through the mysterious and incredible world of mathematical wizardry found during the Edo period in Japan.--adapted from dust jacket.
Language Text in English.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Subject Mathematics, Japanese.
Mathematics, Japanese. (OCoLC)fst01012368
Genre/Form Problems and exercises. (OCoLC)fst01423783
Problems and exercises.
Added Author Sakurai, Susumu, 1968- Edo no sgaku kykasho. English.
Ford, Emma, translator.
Sekimori, Gaynor, translator.
Note Also known as: Much ni naru! : Edo no sgaku
Added Title Fascination of traditional Japanese mathematics
ISBN 9784866580173 (hardback)
4866580178 (hardback)
Standard No. 1920041026007

 
    
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