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" Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs / "
Richard J. Gillings.
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BL
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956626
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b710996
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| Main Entry
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Gillings, Richard J.
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Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs /\ Richard J. Gillings.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Dover,, 1982, ©1972.
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Dover classics of science and mathematics
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x, 286 pages :: illustrations ;; 22 cm.
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048624315X
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: 9780486243153
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Includes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index.
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| Contents
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APPENDIX: ONE: The nature of proof -- TWO: The Egyptian calendar -- THREE: Great pyramid mysticism -- FOUR: Regarding Morris Kline's views in Mathematics, A Cultural Approach -- FIVE: The Pythagorean Theorem in Ancient Egypt -- SIX: The contents of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- SEVEN: The contents of the Moscow Mathematical Papyrus -- EIGHT: A papyritic memo pad -- NINE: Horus-eye fractions in terms of Hinu: Problems 80, 81 of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- TEN: The Egyptian equivalent of the least common denominator -- ELEVEN: A table of two-term equalities for Egyptian unit fractions -- TWELVE: Tables of Hieratic integers and fractions, showing variations -- THIRTEEN: Chronology -- FOURTEEN: A map of Egypt -- FIFTEEN: The Egyptian Mathematical Leather Roll.
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Hieroglyphic and hieratic writing and numbers -- The four arithmetic operations -- The two-thirds table for fractions -- The G rule in Egyptian arithmetic -- The recto of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus -- The recto continued -- Problems in completion and the red auxiliaries -- The Egyptian mathematical leather roll -- Unit-fraction tables -- Problems of equitable distribution and accurate measurement -- Pesu problems -- Areas and volumes -- Equations of the first and second degree -- Geometric and arithmetic progressions -- "Think of a number" problems -- Pyramids and truncated pyramids -- The area of a semicylinder and the area of a hemisphere -- Fractions of a Hekat -- Egyptian weights and measures -- Squares and square roots -- The Reisner Papyri: The superficial cubit and scales of notation
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In this carefully researched study, the author examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications--solution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions.
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Mathematics, Egyptian.
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Matematica (historia)
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Mathematics, Egyptian.
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Mathematik.
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Mathematik.
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Oudheid.
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Wiskunde.
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Ägypten Altertum
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| Dewey Classification
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510/.932
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| LC Classification
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QA27.E3G52 1982
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SG 520rvk
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