| Description |
xi, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Period. -- 1. The invention of writing and number notation -- 2. The Egyptian number system -- 3. Uses of numbers and their contexts in predynastic and early dynastic times -- 4. Summary -- Old Kingdom. -- 5. The cultural context of Egyptian mathematics in the Old Kingdom -- 6. Metrological systems -- 7. Notation of fractions -- 8. Summary -- Middle Kingdom. -- 9. Mathematical texts (I): the mathematical training of scribes -- 10. Foundation of mathematics -- 11. Mathematics in practice and beyond -- New Kingdom. -- 12. New Kingdom mathematical texts: Ostraca Senmut 153 and Turin 57170 -- 13. Two examples of administrative texts -- 14. Mathematics in literature -- 15. Further aspects of mathematics from New Kingdom sources -- 16. Summary -- Greco-Roman Periods. -- 17. Mathematical texts (II): tradition, transmission, development -- 18. Conclusion: Egyptian mathematics in historical perspective -- Bibliography -- Subject index -- Egyptian words and phrases index -- Index of mathematical texts. |
| Subject |
Mathematics, Egyptian.
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Mathematics -- History.
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Mathematics. (OCoLC)fst01012163
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Mathematics, Egyptian. (OCoLC)fst01012361
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780691117133 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
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0691117136 (hardcover ; acid-free paper) |
| Standard No. |
40025852827 |
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