The Exact Science in Antiquity
Item #M4623
Acta Historica Scientiarum Naturalium et Medicinalium 9. Brown University Press/ Lund Humphries, Providence/London, 1957, 2nd edition. xvi & 240 pages, 14 plates. Blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. From the library of Ricardo A. Caminos with his distinctive ink stamps on dedication page: “RAC” in block and “Library of Ricardo A. Caminos” in block. Unmarked and excellent. Contents: Numbers -- Babylonian mathematics -- Sources; their decipherment and evaluation -- Egyptain mathematics and astronomy -- Babylonian astronomy -- Origin and transmission of hellenistic science -- Ptolemaic system -- On greek mathematics. Language: English. Relevant subjects: Egypt: Architecture and techniques.
Language: English.
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