Mesopotamian Mathematics 2100-1600 BC
Eleanor (British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Research Fellow, British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellow, and Research Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford) Robson
Oxford University Press, 1999
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This book contains a study of the technical constants found in Old Babylonian mathematics 4000 years ago - the earliest `pure' mathematics in history. Their origins are traced to earlier accounting and administrative practices, and are used to examine aspects of mathematics education in early Mesopotamia.
- ISBN-13
- 9780198152460
- ISBN-10
- 0198152469
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1999
- Publication date
- 1999-05-20
- Pages
- 350
- Dimensions
- 308x229x19
- Weight
- 982