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" Mathematics in ancient Egypt : "
Annette Imhausen
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BL
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632336
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Imhausen, Annette
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Mathematics in ancient Egypt : : a contextual history /\ Annette Imhausen
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xi, 234 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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9780691117133
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: 0691117136
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-224) and indexes
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| Contents
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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, Egyptian
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Mathematics-- History
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510.932
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QA27.E3I43 2016
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