Mesopotamian Mathematics, Seen “from the Inside” (by Assyriologists) and “from the Outside” (by Historians of Mathematics)

DOI10.1007/978-3-319-39649-1_4zbMath1414.01004OpenAlexW2185261875MaRDI QIDQ5378061

Jens Høyrup

Publication date: 11 June 2019

Published in: Trends in the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://rucforsk.ruc.dk/ws/files/59020334/Hoyrup_2016_e_Mesopotamian_Mathematics_Seen_from_the_Inside_and_from_the_Outside_S.pdf

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Historiography (01A85) History of Babylonian mathematics (01A17)

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