Ebook: Mathematics Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Mathematics

Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

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Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.

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Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Communicating Mathematics Across Culture and Time....Pages 1-12
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnomathematics....Pages 13-22
East and West....Pages 23-35
Rationality and The Disunity of The Sciences....Pages 37-54
Logics and Mathematics: Challenges Arising in Working Across Cultures....Pages 55-78
A Historiographical Proposal for Non-Western Mathematics....Pages 79-92
The Uses of Mathematics in Ancient Iraq, 6000–600 BC....Pages 93-113
Egyptian Mathematics....Pages 115-136
Islamic Mathematics....Pages 137-165
The Hebrew Mathematical Tradition....Pages 167-188
Inca Mathematics....Pages 189-203
Mesoamerican Mathematics....Pages 205-238
The Ethnomathematics of The Sioux Tipi and Cone....Pages 239-252
Traditional Mathematics in Pacific Cultures....Pages 253-287
Aboriginal Australian Mathematics: Disparate Mathematics of Land Ownership....Pages 289-311
On Mathematical Ideas in Cultural Traditions of Central and Southern Africa....Pages 313-343
Accounting Mathematics in West Africa: Some Stories of Yoruba Number....Pages 345-371
Chinese Mathematical Astronomy....Pages 373-407
The Mathematical Accomplishments of Ancient Indian Mathematicians....Pages 409-422
The Dawn of Wasan (Japanese Mathematics)....Pages 423-454
Back Matter....Pages 467-479
Development of Materials for Ethnomathematics in Korea....Pages 455-465

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Mathematics Across Cultures: A History of Non-Western Mathematics consists of essays dealing with the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Inca, Egyptian, and African mathematics, among others, the book includes essays on Rationality, Logic and Mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. The essays address the connections between science and culture and relate the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of science and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Communicating Mathematics Across Culture and Time....Pages 1-12
Anthropological Perspectives on Ethnomathematics....Pages 13-22
East and West....Pages 23-35
Rationality and The Disunity of The Sciences....Pages 37-54
Logics and Mathematics: Challenges Arising in Working Across Cultures....Pages 55-78
A Historiographical Proposal for Non-Western Mathematics....Pages 79-92
The Uses of Mathematics in Ancient Iraq, 6000–600 BC....Pages 93-113
Egyptian Mathematics....Pages 115-136
Islamic Mathematics....Pages 137-165
The Hebrew Mathematical Tradition....Pages 167-188
Inca Mathematics....Pages 189-203
Mesoamerican Mathematics....Pages 205-238
The Ethnomathematics of The Sioux Tipi and Cone....Pages 239-252
Traditional Mathematics in Pacific Cultures....Pages 253-287
Aboriginal Australian Mathematics: Disparate Mathematics of Land Ownership....Pages 289-311
On Mathematical Ideas in Cultural Traditions of Central and Southern Africa....Pages 313-343
Accounting Mathematics in West Africa: Some Stories of Yoruba Number....Pages 345-371
Chinese Mathematical Astronomy....Pages 373-407
The Mathematical Accomplishments of Ancient Indian Mathematicians....Pages 409-422
The Dawn of Wasan (Japanese Mathematics)....Pages 423-454
Back Matter....Pages 467-479
Development of Materials for Ethnomathematics in Korea....Pages 455-465
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