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050 00 $aQA27.J3$bF849 2008
082 00 $a510.952$222
100 1 $aFukagawa, Hidetoshi,$d1943-
245 10 $aSacred mathematics :$bJapanese temple geometry /$cFukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman.
260 $aPrinceton :$bPrinceton University Press,$cc2008.
300 $axxiii, 348 p. :$bill. some col. ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aJapan and temple geometry -- The Chinese foundation of Japanese mathematics -- Japanese mathematics and mathematicians of the Edo period -- Easier temple geometry problems -- Harder temple geometry problems -- Still harder temple geometry problems -- The travel diary of mathematician Yamaguchi Kanzan -- East and West -- The mysterious Enri -- Introduction to inversion.
520 1 $a"Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mathematics. People from all walks of life - samurai, farmers, and merchants - inscribed a wide variety of geometry problems on wooden tablets called sangaku and hung them in Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. Sacred Mathematics is the first book published in the West to fully examine this tantalizing - and beautiful - mathematical tradition."--Jacket.
650 0 $aMathematics, Japanese$xHistory.
650 0 $aMathematics$zJapan$xHistory$yTokugawa period, 1600-1868.
650 0 $aMathematics$vProblems, exercises, etc.
600 10 $aYamaguchi, Kazu,$d-1850.
653 $aSangaku
700 1 $aRothman, Tony.
988 $a20080421
906 $0DLC