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Télécharger le livre :  Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World
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Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World


Karine Chemla , Agathe Keller , Christine Proust


This book sheds light on the variety of mathematical cultures in general. To do so, it concentrates on cultures of computation and quantification in the ancient world, mainly in ancient China, South Asia, and the Ancient Near East and offers case studies focused on...

Parution : 2023-01-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds
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Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds


Karine Chemla , Cécile Michel


This book focuses on the ancient Near East, early imperial China, South-East Asia, and medieval Europe, shedding light on mathematical knowledge and practices documented by sources relating to the administrative and economic activities of officials, merchants and other...

Parution : 2020-09-29
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Télécharger le livre :  The Making of a Scribe
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The Making of a Scribe


Robert Middeke-Conlin


This book presents a novel methodology to study economic texts. The author investigates discrepancies in these writings by focusing on errors, mistakes, and rounding numbers. In particular, he looks at the acquisition, use, and development of practical mathematics in an...

Parution : 2020-03-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Monographs in Tang Official Historiography
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Monographs in Tang Official Historiography


Damien Chaussende , Daniel Patrick Morgan


This book examines the role of medieval authors in writing the history of ancient science. It features essays that explore the content, structure, and ideas behind technical writings on medieval Chinese state history. In particular, it looks at the Ten Treatises of the...

Parution : 2019-09-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk
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Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk


Christine Proust , John Steele


This volume explores how scholars wrote, preserved, circulated, and read knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia. It offers an exercise in micro-history that provides a case study for attempting to understand the relationship between scholars and scholarship during this time...

Parution : 2019-01-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts
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Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts


Florence Bretelle-Establet , Stéphane Schmitt


This book starts from a first general observation: there are very diverse ways to frame and convey scientific knowledge in texts. It then analyzes texts on mathematics, astronomy, medicine and life sciences, produced in various parts of the globe and in different time...

Parution : 2018-06-01
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