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Mathematics and Measurement

by: Dilke, O.A.W.

Price: 29,00 EURO

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Category: Ancient Technology / Science
Code: 26422
ISBN-13: 9780714180670 / 978-0-7141-8067-0
ISBN-10: 071418067X / 0-7141-8067-X
Publisher: The Trustees of the British Museum
Publication Date: 1987
Publication Place: London
Binding: Paper
Pages: 63
Book Condition: As New
Comments: Reading the Past

Mathematics and measurement

Author:O. A. W. Dilke

Summary:Outlines the ancient systems of mathematics and measurement (distance, weight, etc.) of which the most prominent theoretical aspects were astronomy in Babylonia and Greece, and geometry, in Greece. Describes how they were used in mapping, surveying, telling the time, trade and commerce, as well as in leisure pursuits such as games and puzzles, and in the occult. A final chapter sketches subsequent developments in the West, including the introduction of arabic numerals, and shows how the mathematical legacy of the Graceo-Roman world influenced science and technology in the Renaissance and beyond


Series:
Reading the past

63 pages : illustrations, maps.


Subjects:
History
Mathematics, Ancient
Mathématiques anciennes
Measurement
Measurement History
Mesure Histoire
 
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Mathematics and Measurement

by: Dilke, O.A.W.

  • ISBN-13: 9780714180670 / 978-0-7141-8067-0
  • ISBN-03: 071418067X / 0-7141-8067-X
  • The Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1987

Price: 29,00 EURO

1 copy in stock
 

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