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Mathematics in ancient Egypt : a contextual history / Annette Imhausen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2018Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781400874309 (ebook) :
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 510.932 23
LOC classification:
  • QA27.E3 I43 2018
Online resources: Summary: 'Mathematics in Ancient Egypt' traces the development of Egyptian mathematics, from the end of the fourth millennium BC - and the earliest hints of writing and number notation - to the end of the pharaonic period in Greco-Roman times. Drawing from mathematical texts, architectural drawings, administrative documents, and other sources, Annette Imhausen surveys 3000 years of Egyptian history to present an integrated picture of theoretical mathematics in relation to the daily practices of Egyptian life and social structures. Imhausen shows that from the earliest beginnings, pharaonic civilization used numerical techniques to efficiently control and use their material resources and labour.
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Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Mathematics in Ancient Egypt' traces the development of Egyptian mathematics, from the end of the fourth millennium BC - and the earliest hints of writing and number notation - to the end of the pharaonic period in Greco-Roman times. Drawing from mathematical texts, architectural drawings, administrative documents, and other sources, Annette Imhausen surveys 3000 years of Egyptian history to present an integrated picture of theoretical mathematics in relation to the daily practices of Egyptian life and social structures. Imhausen shows that from the earliest beginnings, pharaonic civilization used numerical techniques to efficiently control and use their material resources and labour.

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