Lengths, Widths, Surfaces: A Portrait of Old Babylonian Algebra and Its Kin (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Lengths, Widths, Surfaces: A Portrait of Old Babylonian Algebra and Its Kin (Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) Book

In this new examination of Babylonian cuneiform texts, Jens Hoyrup proposes a new interpretation, based on the fact that the tablets are almost entirely students' workbooks. The knowledge of mathematics expressed in these tablets is entirely "practical," for use in surveying, accounting, and building, rather than theoretical. Hoyrup argues that the notion of algebraic manipulation, like other parts of a theoretical mathematics is indeed a later invention.Read More

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  • 0387953035
  • 9780387953038
  • Jens Høyrup
  • 1 January 2002
  • Springer
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 480
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