Mathematics in ancient Egypt
Subtitle: a contextual history
By: Annette Imhausen
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780691117133
Subjects: Mathematics; Egyptian Mathematics; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Period.; title: 1. The invention of writing and number notation; title: 2. The Egyptian number system; title: 3. Uses of numbers and their contexts in predynastic and early dynastic times; title: 4. Summary; title: Old Kingdom.; title: 5. The cultural context of Egyptian mathematics in the Old Kingdom; title: 6. Metrological systems; title: 7. Notation of fractions; title: 8. Summary; title: Middle Kingdom.; title: 9. Mathematical texts (I): the mathematical training of scribes; title: 10. Foundation of mathematics; title: 11. Mathematics in practice and beyond; title: New Kingdom.; title: 12. New Kingdom mathematical texts: Ostraca Senmut 153 and Turin 57170; title: 13. Two examples of administrative texts; title: 14. Mathematics in literature; title: 15. Further aspects of mathematics from New Kingdom sources; title: 16. Summary; title: Greco-Roman Periods.; title: 17. Mathematical texts (II): tradition, transmission, development; title: 18. Conclusion: Egyptian mathematics in historical perspective; title: Bibliography; title: Subject index; title: Egyptian words and phrases index; title: Index of mathematical texts.