{"product_id":"numbers-9781440869334","title":"Numbers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumbers: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e provides students with a compelling interdisciplinary view of the development of mathematics and its relationship to world cultures over 4,500 years of human history.\u003c\/b\u003eMathematics is often referred to as a universal language, and that is a fitting description. Many cultures have contributed to mathematics in fascinating ways, but despite its universal character, mathematics is also a human endeavor. It has played pivotal roles in societies at particular times; and it has influenced, and been influenced by, a wide range of ideas and institutions, from commerce to philosophy. Ancient Egyptian views of mathematics, for example, are tied closely to engineering and agriculture. Some European Renaissance views, on the other hand, relate the study of number to that of the natural world.\u003ci\u003eNumbers, A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to place the history of mathematics into a broad cultural context. While it treats mathematical material in detail, it also relat\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface  Introduction  Chapter  Numbers in Ancient Mesopotamia  Chapter  Numbers in Ancient Egypt  Chapter  Numbers in Ancient Greece  Chapter  Numbers in the Hellenistic Mediterranean  Chapter  Numbers in Traditional China  Chapter  Numbers and the Classical Maya  Chapter  Numbers in Ancient and Medieval India  Chapter  Numbers in the Medieval Arabic World  Chapter  Numbers in Medieval Europe  Chapter  Numbers in Early Modern Europe  Chapter  Numbers in 18th- and 19th-Century Europe  Chapter 12  Women and Numbers  Chapter  Numbers in the 20th Century  Appendix: A Brief Look at Navigation  Bibliography  Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019843404119,"sku":"9781440869334","price":60.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781440869334.jpg?v=1750781444","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/numbers-9781440869334","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}