TY  - BOOK
AU  - Imhausen,Annette
TI  - Mathematics in ancient Egypt: a contextual history 
SN  - 9781400874309 (ebook) :
AV  - QA27.E3 I43 2018
U1  - 510.932 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Mathematics, Egyptian
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
N1  - Previously issued in print: 2016; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - '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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691117133.001.0001
ER  -