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082 | _a510.9 | ||
100 | _aImhausen, Annette | ||
245 | _a The mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam : a sourcebook | ||
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_aNew Jersey _b Princeton University Press _c2007 |
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_axiv, 685 pages : illustrations _b27cm |
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520 | _a "In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and to put them into full historical and mathematical context. The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam gives English readers a firsthand understanding and appreciation of these cultures' important contributions to world mathematics." | ||
942 | _cBK |