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Mathematics in ancient Egypt :

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0691117136

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9780691117133

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Mathematics in ancient Egypt :

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[Book]

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a contextual history /

First Statement of Responsibility

Annette Imhausen

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 234 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations ;

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25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and indexes

Text of Note

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

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Mathematics-- History

Mathematics, Egyptian

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Imhausen, Annette

Date of Transaction

20160512041022.7

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[Book]

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