The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and ...
Katz, Victor J. / Imhausen, Annette / Robson, Eleanor / Dauben, Joseph Warren / Plofker, Kim / Berggren, J. Lennart
In recent decades it has become obvious that mathematics has always been a worldwide activity. But this is the first book to provide a substantial collection of English translations of key mathematical texts from the five most important ancient and medieval non-Western mathematical cultures, and to put them into full historical and mathematical context. The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam gives English readers a firs...