Mathematics in Ancient Egypt : A Contextual History /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Imhausen, Annette (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Edición:Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Temas:
Mathematics > History.
Mathematics, Egyptian.
MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy.
Abusir papyri.
Egyptian history.
Egyptian mathematics.
Egyptian number system.
Fifth Dynasty.
Greco-Roman Period.
Harris I.
King Scorpion.
Late Egyptian Miscellanies.
Maat.
Mesopotamia.
Middle Kingdom.
New Kingdom.
Old Kingdom.
Papyrus Anastasi I.
Papyrus Harris I.
Papyrus Wilbour.
Senmut 153.
Turin 57170.
Wilbour Papyrus.
administration.
ancient Egypt.
ancient mathematics.
architectural calculations.
area units.
arithmetic techniques.
arithmetic.
capacity units.
cultural environment.
daily life.
decimal system.
demotic mathematical texts.
experts.
fractions.
funerary context.
hieratic mathematical texts.
historiography.
inverse.
king.
land measurement.
length units.
literary texts.
mathematical education.
mathematical problems.
mathematical procedure texts.
mathematical techniques.
mathematical texts.
metrological tables.
metrology.
number notation.
number system.
numbers.
ostraca.
pharaonic history.
place-value.
rations.
scribal culture.
scribes.
tomb U-j.
unit fractions.
weights.
writing.
zero.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 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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