Sacred mathematics: Japanese temple geometry

"Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life - samur...

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Hauptverfasser: Fukagawa, Hidetoshi 1943- (VerfasserIn), Rothman, Tony (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton Princeton Univ. Press 2008
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Zusammenfassung:"Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life - samurai, farmers, and merchants - inscribed a wide variety of geometry problems on wooden tablets called sangaku and hung them in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. Sacred Mathematics is the first book published in the West to fully examine this tantalizing - and beautiful - mathematical tradition."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
Beschreibung:xxiii, 348 p. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780691127453