The Crest of the Peacock: The Non-European Roots of Mathematics - Softcover

Joseph, George Gheverghese

 
9780691006598: The Crest of the Peacock: The Non-European Roots of Mathematics
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ISBN 10: 0691006598 ISBN 13: 9780691006598
Verlag: Princeton Univ Pr, 2000

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From the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics,The Crest of the Peacock makes it clear that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. George Gheverghese Joseph takes us on a breathtaking multicultural tour of the roots and shoots of non-European mathematics. He shows us the deep influence the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks; the Arabs' major creative contributions; and the astounding range of successes of the great civilizations of India and China. This challenging and erudite book questions familiar assumptions and enlarges our sense of what we mean by mathematics.


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Princeton Univ Pr
Erscheinungsdatum
2000
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691006598
ISBN 13 
9780691006598
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