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Subjects
Mathematics, Egyptian Mathematics, History, Mathematics, egyptian, Mathematics, history

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Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History
2020, Princeton University Press
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2016
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2016, Princeton University Press
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Table of Contents

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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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Dewey Decimal Class
510.932
Library of Congress
QA27.E3 I43 2016, QA27.E3 I43 2015, QA27.E3I43 2015

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xi, 234 pages
Number of pages
234

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OL27221699M
ISBN 10
0691117136
ISBN 13
9780691117133
LCCN
2015009708
OCLC/WorldCat
907060365

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