Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs / Richard J. Gillings.

By:

Gillings, Richard J

Material type:

TextLanguage: English Series: Dover classics of science and mathematicsPublication details: New York : Dover, 1982, c1972.Description: x, 286 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

048624315X (pbk.)
9780486243153 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

510/.932

LOC classification:

QA 27 G481m 1982

Summary: In this carefully researched study, the author examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications�b7�ssolution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	QA 27 G481m 1982 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000072704

Ed. orig.: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT press, 1972.

Includes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index.

In this carefully researched study, the author examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications�b7�ssolution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions.

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