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Count Like an Egyptian: A Hands-on Introduction to Ancient Mathematics
Count Like an Egyptian A Handson Introduction to Ancient Mathematics
Author: David Reimer
The mathematics of ancient Egypt was fundamentally different from our math today. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't a primitive forerunner of modern mathematics. In fact, it can't be understood using our current computational methods. Count Like an Egyptian provides a fun, hands-on introduction to the intuitive and often-surprising ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691160122
ISBN-10: 0691160120
Publication Date: 4/21/2014
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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