The Household
Download or Read eBook The Household PDF written by Robert C. Ellickson and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Robert C. Ellickson |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2008 |
ISBN-10 | : 0691134421 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780691134420 |
Rating | : 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Household by : Robert C. Ellickson
Book excerpt: Based on extensive research in Sanskrit sources, Mathematics in India chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Kim Plofker reexamines the few facts about Indian mathematics that have become common knowledge--such as the Indian origin of Arabic numerals--and she sets them in a larger textual and cultural framework. The book details aspects of the subject that have been largely passed over in the past, including the relationships between Indian mathematics and astronomy, and their cross-fertilizations with.