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Count Like an Egyptian : A Hands-on Introduction to Ancient Mathematics /
The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it can't be understood using our current computational methods. Count Like an Egyptian provides a fun, han...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2014]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Computation Tables
- 1. Numbers
- 2. Fractions
- 3. Operations
- 4. Simplification
- 5. Techniques and Strategies
- 6. Miscellany
- 7. Base-Based Mathematics
- 8. Judgment Day
- Practice Solutions
- Index