The Crest of the Peacock (eBook)

Non-European Roots of Mathematics - Third Edition

George Gheverghese Joseph (Autor)

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2010 | 3., Third Edition
584 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3636-9 (ISBN)

Infos

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 that 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. The third edition emphasizes the dialogue between civilizations, and further explores how mathematical ideas were transmitted from East to West. The book's scope is now even wider, incorporating recent findings on the history of mathematics in China, India, and early Islamic civilizations as well as Egypt and Mesopotamia. With more detailed coverage of proto-mathematics and the origins of trigonometry and infinity in the East, The Crest of the Peacock further illuminates the global history of mathematics.

Autor

George Gheverghese Joseph was born in Kerala, India, grew up in Mombasa, Kenya, and completed his degrees in England. He has worked in various occupations that have taken him to places all over the world, including East and Central Africa, India, Papua New Guinea, and South East Asia.

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Geschichte der Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: 700 BC • Abu Nasr Mansur • Adelard of Bath • Al-Biruni • Aryabhata • Ashurbanipal • Astronomy • Bactria • Bernoulli number • Bertrand Russell • Bhaskara II • Black Athena • Brahmagupta • Brahmagupta's interpolation formula • Brahmagupta theorem • Calculation • Chakravala Method • Chinese Astronomy • Chinese mathematics • chinese remainder theorem • circumference • Classical element • Computation • Dharampal • Diagram (category theory) • Diophantus • duke of zhou • Egyptian numerals • equilateral triangle • Euclid's elements • Fibonacci • Floor and ceiling functions • Geometry • Gersonides • Greek mathematics • Heronian mean • Hindu astrology • Hinduism • Illustration • Indian astronomy • Indian mathematics • Indian numerals • Katapayadi system • Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics • Kriyakramakari • Kushan Empire • K. V. Sarma • Liber Abaci • Liu Hui • Magic Square • marine chronometer • mathematician • Mathematics • Mathematics in medieval Islam • Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi • Napier's Bones • Narayana Pandit • Natural number • Nicolas Bourbaki • Nilakantha Somayaji • Notation • Omar Khayyam • On the Sphere and Cylinder • Pascal's triangle • Patanjali • Pedro Nunes • Pingala • Positional notation • Ptolemy's table of chords • Pythagorean Theorem • Qin Jiushao • Quantity • regiomontanus • result • Robert of Chester • Rope stretcher • Sanskrit • Sanskrit Literature • Seki Takakazu • Shen Kuo • Shulba Sutras • Significant figures • Simon Stevin • Sky deity • Song dynasty • square root • Sthananga Sutra • Summation • Surya Siddhanta • Tantrasamgraha • Taoism • Tao Te Ching • Taxila • The Quadrature of the Parabola • Trigonometric Functions • Vyasa • William George Horner • Yang Hui • Yavanajataka • Yuan Dynasty
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3636-0 / 1400836360
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3636-9 / 9781400836369