{"product_id":"mathematics-in-ancient-egypt-a-contextual-history-9780691209074","title":"Mathematics in Ancient Egypt: A Contextual History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA survey of ancient Egyptian mathematics across three thousand years\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMathematics in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e traces the development of Egyptian mathematics, from the end of the fourth millennium BC-and the earliest hints of writing and number notation-to the end of the pharaonic period in Greco-Roman times. Drawing from mathematical texts, architectural drawings, administrative documents, and other sources, Annette Imhausen surveys three thousand years of Egyptian history to present an integrated picture of theoretical mathematics in relation to the daily practices of Egyptian life and social structures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImhausen shows that from the earliest beginnings, pharaonic civilization used numerical techniques to efficiently control and use their material resources and labor. Even during the Old Kingdom, a variety of metrological systems had already been devised. By the Middle Kingdom, procedures had been established to teach mathematical techniques to scribes in order to make them proficient administrators for their king. Imhausen looks at counterparts to the notation of zero, suggests an explanation for the evolution of unit fractions, and analyzes concepts of arithmetic techniques. She draws connections and comparisons to Mesopotamian mathematics, examines which individuals in Egyptian society held mathematical knowledge, and considers which scribes were trained in mathematical ideas and why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf interest to historians of mathematics, mathematicians, Egyptologists, and all those curious about Egyptian culture, \u003ci\u003eMathematics in Ancient Egypt\u003c\/i\u003e sheds new light on a civilization's unique mathematical evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnnette Imhausen\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of the history of science at Goethe University, Frankfurt. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEgyptian Algorithms\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50859751571730,"sku":"9780691209074","price":47.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ff7505ee-578a-4c8c-b7dc-aeb50e37d684.jpg?v=1737563259","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mathematics-in-ancient-egypt-a-contextual-history-9780691209074","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}