Mathematics In Ancient Iraq (Record no. 76498)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691091822 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 510.935 |
| Cutter | Rob |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Robson, Eleanor |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Mathematics In Ancient Iraq |
| Remainder of title | : A Social History |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New Jersey |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Princeton University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2008 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxix;441p. |
| Other physical details | 9.5x6 |
| Dimensions | hb |
| 520 ## - Remark | |
| Summary, etc | This monumental book traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Eleanor Robson offers a history like no other, examining ancient mathematics within its broader social, political, economic, and religious contexts, and showing that mathematics was not just an abstract discipline for elites but a key component in ordering society and understanding the world. The region of modern-day Iraq is uniquely rich in evidence for ancient mathematics because its prehistoric inhabitants wrote on clay tablets, many hundreds of thousands of which have been archaeologically excavated, deciphered, and translated. Drawing from these and a wealth of other textual and archaeological evidence, Robson gives an extraordinarily detailed picture of how mathematical ideas and practices were conceived, used, and taught during this period. She challenges the prevailing view that they were merely the simplistic precursors of classical Greek mathematics, and explains how the prevailing view came to be. Robson reveals the true sophistication and beauty of ancient Middle Eastern mathematics as it evolved over three thousand years, from the earliest beginnings of recorded accounting to complex mathematical astronomy. Every chapter provides detailed information on sources, and the book includes an appendix on all mathematical cuneiform tablets published before 2007. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | ENG |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics, Ancient-Iraq-History |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Mathematics-Iraq-History |
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| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Book | HBCSE | HBCSE | Mathematics | 2014-05-20 | 510.935/Rob | 20331 | 2014-05-20 | Book |