Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics
- ISBN-10
- 9401143013
- ISBN-13
- 9789401143011
- Category
- Mathematics
- Pages
- 479
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-12-06
- Publisher
- Springer Science & Business Media
- Author
- Helaine Selin
Description
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 fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
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Other editions
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- 2001-11-30
- 504 pages
- Paperback
- Springer Science & Business Media
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- 2011-09-01
- 479 pages
- Paperback
- Springer
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