Mathematics Across Cultures The History of Non-Western Mathematics

Name: Mathematics Across Cultures The History of Non-Western Mathematics
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ISBN: 9781402002601

ISBN-10: 1402002602

ISBN-13: 9781402002601

Edition: 2000

Authors: Helaine Selin, Ubiratan D'Ambrosio

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Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the…

Book details

List price: $449.99
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Publication date: 11/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 479
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.366
Language: English