The Resource A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts, Jöran Friberg
A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts, Jöran Friberg
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The item A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts, Jöran Friberg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- "This new text from Joran Friberg, the leading expert on Babylonian mathematics, presents 120 previously unpublished mathematical clay tablets from the Norwegian Schoyen collection, and provides a synthesis of the author's most important work. Through a close study of the many new texts, Friberg has made numerous amazing discoveries, including the first known examples of pre-Classical labyrinths and mazes, new texts explaining the famous table text Plimpton 322, and new evidence of Babylonian familiarity with sophisticated mathematical ideas and objects, such as the three-dimensional "Pythagorean equation" and the icosahedron." "While the book is reader-friendly, it remains as detailed and exhaustive as possible. It is the most comprehensive treatment of a set of Babylonian mathematical texts ever published and will open up this subject to a new generation of students, mathematicians, and historians of science."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 533 pages)
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Documentation of Provenance
- Abbreviations
- How to Get a Better Understanding of Mathematical Cuneiform Texts
- Old Babylonian Arithmetical Hand Tablets
- Old Babylonian Arithmetical Table Texts
- Old Babylonian Metrological Table Texts
- Mesopotamian Weight Stones
- Neo-Sumerian Field Maps (Ur III)
- An Old Sumerian Metro-Mathematical Table Text (Early Dynastic IIIa)
- Old Babylonian Hand Tablets with Practical Mathematics
- Old Babylonian Hand Tablets with Geometric Exercises
- The Beginning and the End of the Sumerian King List
- Three Old Babylonian Mathematical Problem Texts from Uruk
- Three Problem Texts Not Belonging to Any Known Group of Texts
- App. 1. Subtractive Notations for Numbers in Mathematical Cuneiform Texts
- App. 2. The Old Babylonian Combined Multiplication Table
- App. 3. An Old Babylonian Combined Arithmetical Algorithm
- App. 4. Cuneiform Systems of Notations for Numbers and Measures
- App. 5. Old Babylonian Complete Metrological Tables
- App. 6. Metro-Mathematical Cuneiform Texts from the Third Millennium BC
- App. 7. CUNES 50-08-001. A Combined Metro-Mathematical Table Text (ED IIIb)
- App. 8. Plimpton 322, a Table of Parameters for igi-igi.bi Problems
- App. 9. Many-Place Squares of Squares in Late Babylonian Mathematical Texts
- App. 10. Color Photos of Selected Texts
- Vocabulary for the MS Texts
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Texts
- References
- Isbn
- 9780387489773
- Label
- A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts
- Title
- A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts
- Statement of responsibility
- Jöran Friberg
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "This new text from Joran Friberg, the leading expert on Babylonian mathematics, presents 120 previously unpublished mathematical clay tablets from the Norwegian Schoyen collection, and provides a synthesis of the author's most important work. Through a close study of the many new texts, Friberg has made numerous amazing discoveries, including the first known examples of pre-Classical labyrinths and mazes, new texts explaining the famous table text Plimpton 322, and new evidence of Babylonian familiarity with sophisticated mathematical ideas and objects, such as the three-dimensional "Pythagorean equation" and the icosahedron." "While the book is reader-friendly, it remains as detailed and exhaustive as possible. It is the most comprehensive treatment of a set of Babylonian mathematical texts ever published and will open up this subject to a new generation of students, mathematicians, and historians of science."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- GW5XE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Friberg, Jöran
- Dewey number
- 510.935
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QA22
- LC item number
- .F749 2007eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and the physical sciences
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Mathematics, Babylonian
- Mathematics, Babylonian
- Mathematics, Babylonian
- Label
- A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts, Jöran Friberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-533) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Documentation of Provenance -- Abbreviations -- How to Get a Better Understanding of Mathematical Cuneiform Texts -- Old Babylonian Arithmetical Hand Tablets -- Old Babylonian Arithmetical Table Texts -- Old Babylonian Metrological Table Texts -- Mesopotamian Weight Stones -- Neo-Sumerian Field Maps (Ur III) -- An Old Sumerian Metro-Mathematical Table Text (Early Dynastic IIIa) -- Old Babylonian Hand Tablets with Practical Mathematics -- Old Babylonian Hand Tablets with Geometric Exercises -- The Beginning and the End of the Sumerian King List -- Three Old Babylonian Mathematical Problem Texts from Uruk -- Three Problem Texts Not Belonging to Any Known Group of Texts -- App. 1. Subtractive Notations for Numbers in Mathematical Cuneiform Texts -- App. 2. The Old Babylonian Combined Multiplication Table -- App. 3. An Old Babylonian Combined Arithmetical Algorithm -- App. 4. Cuneiform Systems of Notations for Numbers and Measures -- App. 5. Old Babylonian Complete Metrological Tables -- App. 6. Metro-Mathematical Cuneiform Texts from the Third Millennium BC -- App. 7. CUNES 50-08-001. A Combined Metro-Mathematical Table Text (ED IIIb) -- App. 8. Plimpton 322, a Table of Parameters for igi-igi.bi Problems -- App. 9. Many-Place Squares of Squares in Late Babylonian Mathematical Texts -- App. 10. Color Photos of Selected Texts -- Vocabulary for the MS Texts -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Texts -- References
- Control code
- 191464830
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 533 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780387489773
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color).
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 978-0-387-34543-7
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)191464830
- Label
- A remarkable collection of Babylonian mathematical texts, Jöran Friberg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-533) and indexes
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Documentation of Provenance -- Abbreviations -- How to Get a Better Understanding of Mathematical Cuneiform Texts -- Old Babylonian Arithmetical Hand Tablets -- Old Babylonian Arithmetical Table Texts -- Old Babylonian Metrological Table Texts -- Mesopotamian Weight Stones -- Neo-Sumerian Field Maps (Ur III) -- An Old Sumerian Metro-Mathematical Table Text (Early Dynastic IIIa) -- Old Babylonian Hand Tablets with Practical Mathematics -- Old Babylonian Hand Tablets with Geometric Exercises -- The Beginning and the End of the Sumerian King List -- Three Old Babylonian Mathematical Problem Texts from Uruk -- Three Problem Texts Not Belonging to Any Known Group of Texts -- App. 1. Subtractive Notations for Numbers in Mathematical Cuneiform Texts -- App. 2. The Old Babylonian Combined Multiplication Table -- App. 3. An Old Babylonian Combined Arithmetical Algorithm -- App. 4. Cuneiform Systems of Notations for Numbers and Measures -- App. 5. Old Babylonian Complete Metrological Tables -- App. 6. Metro-Mathematical Cuneiform Texts from the Third Millennium BC -- App. 7. CUNES 50-08-001. A Combined Metro-Mathematical Table Text (ED IIIb) -- App. 8. Plimpton 322, a Table of Parameters for igi-igi.bi Problems -- App. 9. Many-Place Squares of Squares in Late Babylonian Mathematical Texts -- App. 10. Color Photos of Selected Texts -- Vocabulary for the MS Texts -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Texts -- References
- Control code
- 191464830
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xx, 533 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780387489773
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color).
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 978-0-387-34543-7
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)191464830
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