The Crest of the Peacock - Non-European Roots of Mathematics
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press. Reprinted with additional material, 2000. xviii, 455 pp. Illustrated in black and white., 2000
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- Title
- The Crest of the Peacock - Non-European Roots of Mathematics
- Author
- Joseph, George Gheverghese
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press. Reprinted with additional material, 2000. xviii, 455 pp. Illustrated in black and white.
- Publication year
- 2000
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691006598
- ISBN 13
- 9780691006598
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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