Mathematics in ancient Egypt : a contextual history / Annette Imhausen.
Pubblicazione:
Princeton : Princeton university press, 2016.
Descrizione fisica:
XI, 234 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Preface. Introduction. Pt. 1. 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 preynastic and early dynastic times 4. Summary. Pt. 2. Old kingdom: 5. The cultural context of Egyptian mathematics in the old kingdom 6. Metrological systems 7. Notation of fractions 8. Summary. Pt. 3. Middle kingdom: 9. Mathemnatical text (I): the mathematical training of scribes 10. Foundation of mathematics 11. Mathematics in practice and beyond. Pt. 4. New kingdom: 12. New kingdom mathematical texts: Ostraca Senmut 153 and Turin 57170 13. Two examples of administratives texts 14. Mathematics in literature 15. Further aspects of mathematics from new kingdom sources 16. Summary. Pt. 5. 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
