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Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry by Fukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman (Hardback, 2008)
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Presents excerpts from the travel diary of a Japanese mathematician, Yamaguchi Kanzan, who journeyed on foot throughout Japan to collect temple geometry problems. This book ex...Read more
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| Description | |
| Presents excerpts from the travel diary of a Japanese mathematician, Yamaguchi Kanzan, who journeyed on foot throughout Japan to collect temple geometry problems. This book explains the sacred and devotional aspects of sangaku, and reveals how Japanese folk mathematicians discovered many theorems independently of mathematicians in the West. | |
| Key Features | |
| Author(s) | Fukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman |
| Publisher | Princeton University Press |
| Date of Publication | 01/07/2008 |
| Language | English |
| Format | Hardback |
| ISBN-10 | 069112745X |
| ISBN-13 | 9780691127453 |
| Subject | Science: General & Reference |
| Publication Data | |
| Place of Publication | New Jersey |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Imprint | Princeton University Press |
| Content Note | 16 color illus. 150 line illus. |
| Dimensions | |
| Weight | 1285 g |
| Width | 203 mm |
| Height | 254 mm |
| Spine | 26 mm |
| Credits | |
| Foreword by | Freeman Dyson |
| Description | |
| Table Of Contents | Foreword by Freeman Dyson ix Preface by Fukagawa Hidetoshi xiii Preface by Tony Rothman xv Acknowledg ments xix What Do I Need to Know to Read This Book? xxi Notation xxv Chapter 1: Japan and Temple Geometry 1 Chapter 2: The Chinese Foundation of Japanese Mathematics 27 Chapter 3: Japa nese Mathematics and Mathematicians of the Edo Period 59 Chapter 4: Easier Temple Geometry Problems 89 Chapter 5: Harder Temple Geometry Problems 145 Chapter 6: Still Harder Temple Geometry Problems 191 Chapter 7: The Travel Diary of Mathematician Yamaguchi Kanzan 243 Chapter 8: East and West 283 Chapter 9: The Mysterious Enri 301 Chapter 10: Introduction to Inversion 313 For Further Reading 337 Index 341 |
| Author Biography | Fukagawa Hidetoshi is a retired high-school teacher in Japan, and one of the world's experts on sangaku . He is the coauthor of Japanese Temple Geometry Problems . Tony Rothman is a theoretical cosmologist who lectures in physics at Princeton University. His books include Everything's Relative and Other Fables from Science and Technology . |
| Prizes | Winner of AAP/Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards: Mathematics and Statistics 2008. |
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