[PDF.33tz] Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry

Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry

[PDF.jj17] Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry

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 | #1056355 in Books |  2008-07-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.94 x1.04 x8.40l,2.82 | File type: PDF | 392 pages

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||19 of 20 people found the following review helpful.| Beautiful Mathematics|By Mead C. Whorton Jr.|For anyone who truly loves mathematics, this book is a must have.
Simply put, the book tells the story of sangaku, geometry problems which were painted in color on wooden tablets and displayed at Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines throughout Japan. Most of the sangaku were composed by people from all walks of life-priests, fa| |Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award in Mathematics, Association of American Publishers

"Now Fukagawa Hidetoshi, a mathematics teacher, and writer Tony Rothman present a collection of Sangaku problems in their book, Sacred Mathematics

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 J...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry   |  Fukagawa Hidetoshi, Tony Rothman.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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