Book contents
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Mesopotamia
- Part II Egypt
- 5 The Cultural Context of (Mathematical) Experts in Ancient Egypt
- 6 Egyptian Medicine
- 7 Egyptian Calendars and Astronomy
- 8 Egyptian Mathematics
- The Sources
- Numbers and Metrology
- Basic Patterns and Techniques
- Applied Arithmetic
- Geometrical Computation
- Geometrical Techniques
- Fables
- Origins and Development
- Links?
- Demotic Creativity and Borrowings
- Influence on Greek Geometry?
- Dedication
- Part III Greek and Greco-Roman
- Part IV India
- Part V China
- Index
Dedication
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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2018
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- The Cambridge History of Science
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- General Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Mesopotamia
- Part II Egypt
- 5 The Cultural Context of (Mathematical) Experts in Ancient Egypt
- 6 Egyptian Medicine
- 7 Egyptian Calendars and Astronomy
- 8 Egyptian Mathematics
- The Sources
- Numbers and Metrology
- Basic Patterns and Techniques
- Applied Arithmetic
- Geometrical Computation
- Geometrical Techniques
- Fables
- Origins and Development
- Links?
- Demotic Creativity and Borrowings
- Influence on Greek Geometry?
- Dedication
- Part III Greek and Greco-Roman
- Part IV India
- Part V China
- Index
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- The Cambridge History of Science , pp. 144 - 160Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018