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Count like an egyptian: a hands-on introduction to ancient mathematics
The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it can't be understood using our current computational methods. Count Like an Egyptian provides a fun, han...
Autor principal: | Reimer, David |
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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Princeton University Press
2014
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Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1706452 |
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