An Introduction to the Early Development of Mathematics.
By: Goodman, Michael K. J.
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BookSeries: New York Academy of Sciences Ser: Publisher: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (252 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781119104988.Genre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | URL | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Intro -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2 MATHEMATICAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- COUNTING -- ORDER DOESN'T MATTER -- THE COMMUTATIVE PROPERTY -- ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION -- ONE-TO-ONE CORRESPONDENCE -- RECURRING PATTERNS -- GREATER THAN AND LESS THAN -- FRACTIONS (COMPARED TO WHOLE NUMBERS) -- DOUBLING, HALVING -- RATES -- RATIOS -- BIG NUMBERS -- CHAPTER 3 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- MORE DIFICULT EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- EXERCISE -- CHAPTER 4 ANCIENT CHINESE MATHEMATICS -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER 5 BABYLONIAN MATHEMATICS -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER 6 MATHEMATICAL ARCHEOLOGY -- THE INCOMPLETENESS OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL RECORD -- THE STRANGENESS OF THE ANCIENT NUMBER SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 7 CLASSICAL GREEK MATHEMATICS -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER 8 EARLY HINDU MATHEMATICS -- THE FRUIT PROBLEM -- THE TAX PROBLEM -- THE WIZARD PROBLEM -- THE SNAKE PROBLEM -- THE HORSE PROBLEM -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- CHAPTER 9 EARLY ARABIAN MATHEMATICS -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- EXERCISE -- ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS -- APPENDIX A: SUGGESTIONS FOR EXERCISES -- ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MATHEMATICS -- ANCIENT CHINESE MATHEMATICS -- BABYLONIAN MATHEMATICS -- CLASSICAL GREEK MATHEMATICS -- EARLY HINDU MATHEMATICS -- EARLY ARABIAN MATHEMATICS -- APPENDIX B: A THEORY ABOUT BASE 60 IN BABYLONIA -- FURTHER READING -- RECOMMENDED WEBSITES AND VIDEOS -- INDEX -- EULA.
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