书目名称 | Mathematics Across Cultures | 副标题 | The History of Non-W | 编辑 | Helaine Selin | 视频video | | 丛书名称 | Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-WesternMathematics. consists of essays dealing with the mathematicalknowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States andEurope. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, NativeAmerican, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and Africanmathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality,Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East toWest. The essays address the connections between science and cultureand relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which producedthem. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensivebibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills agap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It shouldfind a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students,graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving thosegroups. | 出版日期 | Book 2000 | 关键词 | Counting; Cultural Studies; Europe; History of Mathematics; mathematics | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4301-1 | isbn_softcover | 978-1-4020-0260-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-94-011-4301-1Series ISSN 1568-2145 Series E-ISSN 2215-1761 | issn_series | 1568-2145 | copyright | Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000 |
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