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  Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs (Paperback) By (author) Richard J. Gillings

  

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  Short Description for Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs This carefully researched study examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications.
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  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
  • Published: 01 August 1986
  • Format: Paperback 286 pages
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  • Categories: Mathematics | Science: General Issues | History Of Science | Ancient History: To C 500 CE
  • ISBN 13: 9780486243153 ISBN 10: 048624315X
  • Sales rank: 1,293,314

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Full description for Mathematics in the Time of the Pharaohs

• In this carefully researched study, the author examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications: solution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions.