Unexpected Links Between Egyptian And Babylonian Mathematics
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Unexpected Links Between Egyptian And Ba
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Author : Jöran Friberg
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Release Date : 2005
Unexpected Links Between Egyptian And Ba written by Jöran Friberg and has been published by World Scientific Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Mathematics categories.
Mesopotamian mathematics is known from a great number of cuneiform texts, most of them Old Babyonian, some Late Babylonian or pre-Old-Babylonian, and has been intensively studied during the last couple of decades. In contrast to this Egyptian mathematics is known from only a small number of papyrus texts, and the few books and papers that have been written about Egyptian mathematical papyri have mostly reiterated the same old interpretations and presentations of the texts. In this book, it is shown that the methods developed by the author for the close study of mathematical cuneiform texts can also be successfully applied to all kinds of Egyptian mathematical texts, hieratic, demotic, or Greek-Egyptian. At the same time, comparisons of a large number of individual Egyptian mathematical exercises with Babylonian parallels yield many new insights into the nature of Egyptian mathematics and show that Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics display greater similarities than expected.
Unexpected Links Between Egyptian And Babylonian Mathematics
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Author : Jran Friberg
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2005
Unexpected Links Between Egyptian And Babylonian Mathematics written by Jran Friberg and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Mathematics categories.
Mesopotamian mathematics is known from a great number of cuneiform texts, most of them Old Babylonian, some Late Babylonian or pre-Old-Babylonian, and has been intensively studied during the last couple of decades. In contrast to this Egyptian mathematics is known from only a small number of papyrus texts, and the few books and papers that have been written about Egyptian mathematical papyri have mostly reiterated the same old presentations and interpretations of the texts. In this book, it is shown that the methods developed by the author for the close study of mathematical cuneiform texts can also be successfully applied to all kinds of Egyptian mathematical texts, hieratic, demotic, or Greek-Egyptian. At the same time, comparisons of a large number of individual Egyptian mathematical exercises with Babylonian parallels yield many new insights into the nature of Egyptian mathematics and show that Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics display greater similarities than expected.
Amazing Traces Of A Babylonian Origin In Greek Mathematics
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Author : Jran Friberg
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2007
Amazing Traces Of A Babylonian Origin In Greek Mathematics written by Jran Friberg and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Science categories.
The sequel to Unexpected Links Between Egyptian and Babylonian Mathematics (World Scientific, 2005), this book is based on the author's intensive and ground breaking studies of the long history of Mesopotamian mathematics, from the late 4th to the late 1st millennium BC. It is argued in the book that several of the most famous Greek mathematicians appear to have been familiar with various aspects of Babylonian “metric algebra,” a convenient name for an elaborate combination of geometry, metrology, and quadratic equations that is known from both Babylonian and pre-Babylonian mathematical clay tablets. The book's use of “metric algebra diagrams” in the Babylonian style, where the side lengths and areas of geometric figures are explicitly indicated, instead of wholly abstract “lettered diagrams” in the Greek style, is essential for an improved understanding of many interesting propositions and constructions in Greek mathematical works. The author's comparisons with Babylonian mathematics also lead to new answers to some important open questions in the history of Greek mathematics.
Multicivilizational Exchanges In The Making Of Modern Science
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Author : Arun Bala
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2024-09-09
Multicivilizational Exchanges In The Making Of Modern Science written by Arun Bala and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-09 with Social Science categories.
This book explores how and why exchanges across civilizations have come to enrich science today. The dialogical dimension of the history of science has long been marginalized by an excessive concern on why modern science emerged in Europe, but not in any of the advanced civilizations of the East. This focus upon what has been called Joseph Needham's "Grand Comparative Question" ignores his other project, focused on showing how dialogues between civilizations have nurtured science. Needham's "Grand Dialogical Question" – if we may call it that by parity – has directly or indirectly inspired a vast body of literature showing how interconnections of civilizations over the last three thousand years, and exchanges of cosmological, mathematical, geographical, physical, biological and medical technologies, techniques, practices and knowledge, have been woven together to produce current science. Bringing together scholars whose research range across multiple civilizations and disciplines, this book investigates the scope and limits of Needham's dialogical vision for science.
New Mathematical Cuneiform Texts
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Author : Jöran Friberg
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2017-02-13
New Mathematical Cuneiform Texts written by Jöran Friberg and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-13 with Mathematics categories.
This monograph presents in great detail a large number of both unpublished and previously published Babylonian mathematical texts in the cuneiform script. It is a continuation of the work A Remarkable Collection of Babylonian Mathematical Texts (Springer 2007) written by Jöran Friberg, the leading expert on Babylonian mathematics. Focussing on the big picture, Friberg explores in this book several Late Babylonian arithmetical and metro-mathematical table texts from the sites of Babylon, Uruk and Sippar, collections of mathematical exercises from four Old Babylonian sites, as well as a new text from Early Dynastic/Early Sargonic Umma, which is the oldest known collection of mathematical exercises. A table of reciprocals from the end of the third millennium BC, differing radically from well-documented but younger tables of reciprocals from the Neo-Sumerian and Old-Babylonian periods, as well as a fragment of a Neo-Sumerian clay tablet showing a new type of a labyrinth are also discussed. The material is presented in the form of photos, hand copies, transliterations and translations, accompanied by exhaustive explanations. The previously unpublished mathematical cuneiform texts presented in this book were discovered by Farouk Al-Rawi, who also made numerous beautiful hand copies of most of the clay tablets. Historians of mathematics and the Mesopotamian civilization, linguists and those interested in ancient labyrinths will find New Mathematical Cuneiform Texts particularly valuable. The book contains many texts of previously unknown types and material that is not available elsewhere.
Indian Mathematics Engaging With The World From Ancient To Modern Times
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Author : George Gheverghese Joseph
language : en
Publisher: World Scientific
Release Date : 2016-07-28
Indian Mathematics Engaging With The World From Ancient To Modern Times written by George Gheverghese Joseph and has been published by World Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-28 with Mathematics categories.
Indian Mathematics gives a unique insight into the history of mathematics within a historical global context. It builds on research into the connection between mathematics and the world-wide advancement of economics and technology. Joseph draws out parallel developments in other cultures and carefully examines the transmission of mathematical ideas across geographical and cultural borders.Accessible to those who have an interest in the global history of mathematical ideas, for the historians, philosophers and sociologists of mathematics, it is a book not to be missed.
Mathematics In African History And Cultures
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2007
Mathematics In African History And Cultures written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This volume constitutes an updated version of the bibliography published in 2004 by the African Mathematical Union. The African Studies Association attributed the original edition a 'ÂÂspecial mention'ÂÂ in the 2006 Conover-Porter Award competition. The book contains over 1600 bibliographic entries. The appendices contain additional bibliographic information on (1) mathematicians of the Diaspora, (2) publications by Africans on the history of mathematics outside Africa, (3) time-reckoning and astronomy in African history and cultures, (4) string figures in Africa, (5) examples of books published by African mathematicians, (6) board games in Africa, (7) research inspired by geometric aspects of the 'ÂÂsona'ÂÂ tradition. The book concludes with several indices (subject, country, region, author, ethnographic and linguistic, journal, mathematicians). Professor Jan Persens of the University of the Western Cape (South Africa) and president of the African Mathematical Union (2000-2004) wrote the preface.
History Of Mathematics In Africa 2000 2011
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Author : Paulus Gerdes
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011
History Of Mathematics In Africa 2000 2011 written by Paulus Gerdes and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Mathematics categories.
A Remarkable Collection Of Babylonian Mathematical Texts
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Author : Jöran Friberg
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2007-10-01
A Remarkable Collection Of Babylonian Mathematical Texts written by Jöran Friberg and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-10-01 with Mathematics categories.
The book analyzes the mathematical tablets from the private collection of Martin Schoyen. It includes analyses of tablets which have never been studied before. This provides new insight into Babylonian understanding of sophisticated mathematical objects. The book is carefully written and organized. The tablets are classified according to mathematical content and purpose, while drawings and pictures are provided for the most interesting tablets.
The Crest Of The Peacock
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Author : George Gheverghese Joseph
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2011
The Crest Of The Peacock written by George Gheverghese Joseph and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Mathematics categories.
The contents of this book cover the history of mathematics, the beginnings of written mathematics, Egyptian and Mesopotamian mathematics, special topics in Chinese mathematics, and much more.