Mathematics and early state formation, or, The Janus face of early Mesopotamian mathematics
Subtitle: bureaucratic tool and expression of scribal professional autonomy
By: by Jens Høyrup.
Contributors: May, Kenneth O. 1915-
Series: Filosofi og videnskabsteori på Roskilde universitetscenter -- nr. 2
Publisher: Roskilde University Centre, Institute of Communication Research, Educational Research and Theory of Science
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Roskilde
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Geometry -- History.; Mathematics, Ancient.; Mathematics, Babylonian.
Other titles: Mathematics and the state.
Notes: Revised contribution to the symposium "Mathematics and the State", International Congress of History of Science, Hamburg/Munich, 1st-9th August 1989.

In memoriam Kenneth O. May, 1915-1977.

Includes bibliographical references.