Sacred mathematics : Japanese temple geometry /

Main Author: Fukagawa, Hidetoshi, 1943-
Other Authors: Rothman, Tony.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, c2008.
Subjects:
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245 1 |a Sacred mathematics :  |b Japanese temple geometry /  |c Fukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman. 
260 1 |a Princeton, NJ :  |b Princeton University Press,  |c c2008. 
300 1 |a xxiii, 348 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 27 cm. 
504 1 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-339) and index. 
505 1 |a 1. Japan and temple geometry -- 2. The Chinese foundation of Japanese mathematics -- 3. Japanese mathematics and mathematicians of the Edo period -- 4. Easier temple geometry problems -- 5. Harder temple geometry problems -- 6. Still harder temple geometry problems -- 7. The travel diary of mathematician Yamaguchi Kanzan -- 8. East and West -- 9. The mysterious Enri -- 10. Introduction to inversion. 
600 1 |a Yamaguchi, Kazu,  |d d. 1850. 
650 1 |a Mathematics, Japanese  |x History. 
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