Tous les ebooks de la collection "Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter" - Springer

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Télécharger le livre : Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World
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Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World
Karine Chemla , Agathe Keller , Christine Proust
This book sheds light on the variety of mathematical cultures in general. To do so, it concentrates on cultures of computation and quantification in the ancient world, mainly in ancient China, South Asia, and the Ancient Near East and offers case studies focused on...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-01-01
Collection : Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter
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168,79 €
Télécharger le livre : Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds
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Mathematics, Administrative and Economic Activities in Ancient Worlds
Karine Chemla , Cécile Michel
This book focuses on the ancient Near East, early imperial China, South-East Asia, and medieval Europe, shedding light on mathematical knowledge and practices documented by sources relating to the administrative and economic activities of officials, merchants and other...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-09-29
Collection : Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter
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137,14 €
Télécharger le livre : The Making of a Scribe
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The Making of a Scribe
Robert Middeke-Conlin
This book presents a novel methodology to study economic texts. The author investigates discrepancies in these writings by focusing on errors, mistakes, and rounding numbers. In particular, he looks at the acquisition, use, and development of practical mathematics in an...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-03-11
Collection : Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter
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126,59 €
Télécharger le livre : Monographs in Tang Official Historiography
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Monographs in Tang Official Historiography
Damien Chaussende , Daniel Patrick Morgan
This book examines the role of medieval authors in writing the history of ancient science. It features essays that explore the content, structure, and ideas behind technical writings on medieval Chinese state history. In particular, it looks at the Ten Treatises of the...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-09-19
Collection : Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter
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126,59 €
Télécharger le livre : Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk
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Scholars and Scholarship in Late Babylonian Uruk
Christine Proust , John Steele
This volume explores how scholars wrote, preserved, circulated, and read knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia. It offers an exercise in micro-history that provides a case study for attempting to understand the relationship between scholars and scholarship during this time...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2019-01-08
Collection : Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter
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137,14 €
Télécharger le livre : Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts
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Pieces and Parts in Scientific Texts
Florence Bretelle-Establet , Stéphane Schmitt
This book starts from a first general observation: there are very diverse ways to frame and convey scientific knowledge in texts. It then analyzes texts on mathematics, astronomy, medicine and life sciences, produced in various parts of the globe and in different time...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-06-01
Collection : Why the Sciences of the Ancient World Matter
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94,94 €