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Author | : Marshall Clagett |
Publisher | : American Philosophical Society |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780871692320 |
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The volume gives a discourse on the nature and accomplishments of Egyptian mathematics. The author quotes and discusses interpretations of such authors as Eisenlohr, Griffith, Hultsch, Peet, Struce, Neugebauer, Chace, Glanville, van der Waerden, Bruins, Gillings, and others. (Mathematics)
Author | : Marshall Clagett |
Publisher | : American Philosophical Society |
Total Pages | : 756 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780871692146 |
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This volume, the first of three volumes describing the major facets of Ancient Egyptian Science, concentrates on the origin and development of hieroglyphic writing, the scribal profession, and quasi-learned institutions in ancient Egypt. Professor Clagett has paid particular attention to the so-called Palermo Stone, the earliest annals composed in Eygpt.
Author | : Marshall Clagett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Science |
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Author | : Annette Imhausen |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 2020-10-13 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0691209073 |
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A survey of ancient Egyptian mathematics across three thousand years 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 three thousand 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 labor. Even during the Old Kingdom, a variety of metrological systems had already been devised. By the Middle Kingdom, procedures had been established to teach mathematical techniques to scribes in order to make them proficient administrators for their king. Imhausen looks at counterparts to the notation of zero, suggests an explanation for the evolution of unit fractions, and analyzes concepts of arithmetic techniques. She draws connections and comparisons to Mesopotamian mathematics, examines which individuals in Egyptian society held mathematical knowledge, and considers which scribes were trained in mathematical ideas and why. Of interest to historians of mathematics, mathematicians, Egyptologists, and all those curious about Egyptian culture, Mathematics in Ancient Egypt sheds new light on a civilization's unique mathematical evolution.
Author | : David Reimer |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2014-04-27 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 0691160120 |
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A lively collection of fun and challenging problems in ancient Egyptian math 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, hands-on introduction to the intuitive and often-surprising art of ancient Egyptian math. David Reimer guides you step-by-step through addition, subtraction, multiplication, and more. He even shows you how fractions and decimals may have been calculated—they technically didn’t exist in the land of the pharaohs. You’ll be counting like an Egyptian in no time, and along the way you’ll learn firsthand how mathematics is an expression of the culture that uses it, and why there’s more to math than rote memorization and bewildering abstraction. Reimer takes you on a lively and entertaining tour of the ancient Egyptian world, providing rich historical details and amusing anecdotes as he presents a host of mathematical problems drawn from different eras of the Egyptian past. Each of these problems is like a tantalizing puzzle, often with a beautiful and elegant solution. As you solve them, you’ll be immersed in many facets of Egyptian life, from hieroglyphs and pyramid building to agriculture, religion, and even bread baking and beer brewing. Fully illustrated in color throughout, Count Like an Egyptian also teaches you some Babylonian computation—the precursor to our modern system—and compares ancient Egyptian mathematics to today’s math, letting you decide for yourself which is better.
Author | : Geraldine Woods |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780531203415 |
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Discusses the achievements of the ancient Egyptians in science, mathematics, astronomy, medicine, agriculture, and technology.
Author | : Marshall Clagett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Marshall Clagett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Astronomy, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
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Marshall Clagett's three-volume study of various aspects of science of Ancient Egypt. Volume 1 concentrates on the origin and development of hieroglyphic writing, the scribal profession, and quasi-learned institutions in ancient Egypt. Professor Clagett has paid particular attention to the so-called Palermo Stone, the earliest annals composed in Egypt. Volume 2 covers calendars, clocks, and astronomical monuments. Volume 3 gives a discourse on the nature and accomplishments of Egyptian mathematics and also informs the reader as to how our knowledge of Egyptian mathematics has grown since the publication of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus toward the end of the 19th century.
Author | : Corinna Rossi |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2004-04-15 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1107320518 |
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In this fascinating study, architect and Egyptologist Corinna Rossi analyses the relationship between mathematics and architecture in ancient Egypt by exploring the use of numbers and geometrical figures in ancient architectural projects and buildings. While previous architectural studies have searched for abstract 'universal rules' to explain the history of Egyptian architecture, Rossi attempts to reconcile the different approaches of archaeologists, architects and historians of mathematics into a single coherent picture. Using a study of a specific group of monuments, the pyramids, and placing them in the context of their cultural and historical background, Rossi argues that theory and practice of construction must be considered as a continuum, not as two separated fields, in order to allow the original planning process of a building to re-emerge. Highly illustrated with plans, diagrams and figures, this book is essential reading for all scholars of Ancient Egypt and the architecture of ancient cultures.
Author | : Marshall Clagett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 462 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Mathematics, Ancient |
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