Mathematics and measurement

by Oswald Ashton Wentworth Dilke

Paper Book, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

510/.9/01

Collection

Publication

Berkeley : London : University of California Press ; British Museum, c1987.

Description

This fully illustrated book outlines the ancient systems of mathematics and measurement and describes how they were used in mapping, surveying, telling time, trade and commerce, as well as in leisure pursuits such as games and puzzles, and in the occult.

Language

Original publication date

1987

Physical description

63 p.; 25 cm

ISBN

0520060725 / 9780520060722
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