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From Hesiod to Saussure, From Hippocrates to Jevons
ISBN: 9783031608186 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. Volume I introduces the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is ancient Mesopotamia, classical Antiquity and the Islamic Middle Ages. Combining general descriptions with extensive excerpts from original sources in English translation, it concentrates on ways of thinking and actual argumentation and not just on results and mistakes; questions of validity are primarily dealt with in the perspective of the time of the writing, not on that of the 21st century. The work is of great interest to historians of science... Volume I introduces the history of scientific thought (including social and human science). The area covered in this volume is anc... |
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946,81 zł |
Lengths, Widths, Surfaces: A Portrait of Old Babylonian Algebra and Its Kin
ISBN: 9780387953038 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens Hoyrup proposes that the traditional interpretation must be rejected. The texts turn out to speak not of pure numbers, but of the dimensions and areas of rectangles and other measurable geometrical magnitudes, often serving as representatives of other magnitudes (prices, workdays, etc...), much as pure numbers represent concrete magnitudes in modern applied algebra. Moreover, the geometrical procedures are seen to be reasoned... In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization o... |
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656,93 zł |
Selected Essays on Pre- And Early Modern Mathematical Practice
ISBN: 9783030192570 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 969 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. |
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309,12 zł |
Lengths, Widths, Surfaces: A Portrait of Old Babylonian Algebra and Its Kin
ISBN: 9781441929457 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 462 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization of the texts, Jens Hoyrup proposes that the traditional interpretation must be rejected. The texts turn out to speak not of pure numbers, but of the dimensions and areas of rectangles and other measurable geometrical magnitudes, often serving as representatives of other magnitudes (prices, workdays, etc...), much as pure numbers represent concrete magnitudes in modern applied algebra. Moreover, the geometrical procedures are seen to be reasoned... In this examination of the Babylonian cuneiform "algebra" texts, based on a detailed investigation of the terminology and discursive organization o... |
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656,93 zł |