Book ID: CBB000080630

Mesopotamian mathematics, 2100-1600 BC: Technical constants in bureaucracy and education (1999)

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Robson, Eleanor (Author)


Clarendon Press


Publication Date: 1999
Physical Details: xvi + 334 pp.; illus.; notes; bibl.; index

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Review Muroi, K. (2001) Review of "Mesopotamian mathematics, 2100-1600 BC: Technical constants in bureaucracy and education". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 381). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bastiano da Pisa
Bennett, J. A.
Bottazzini, Umberto
Ceccarelli, Giovanni
Dahan Dalmedico, Amy
Edwards, John Richard
Journals
Revue d'Histoire des Mathématiques
Accounting, Business and Financial History
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
British Journal for the History of Science
Estudis: Revista de Historia Moderna
History of Science
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Scottish Committee on Acounting History
IPSOA
Palgrave Macmillan
Science Museum Library
Università degli Studi di Siena
Concepts
Mercantile mathematics; industrial mathematics
Mathematics
Primary literature (historical sources)
Geometry
Probability and statistics
Science and economics
People
Pacioli, Luca
Bastiano da Pisa, detto Il Bevilacqua
Cortés, Jerónimo
Cotrugli, Benedetto
Descartes, René
Faulhaber, Johann
Time Periods
Renaissance
17th century
Medieval
15th century
16th century
20th century
Places
British Isles
Europe
France
Spain
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