Gillings, Richard J. <br/><br/>
Mathematics in the time of the pharaohs / 
Richard J. Gillings. 
 - New York :  Dover,  1982, c1972. 
 - x, 286 p. :  ill. ;  22 cm. 
 - Dover classics of science and mathematics  .
<br/><br/> Ed. orig.: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT press, 1972. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references ([267]-275) and index. 
<br/><br/> In this carefully researched study, the author examines Egyptian mathematics, demonstrating that although operations were limited in number, they were remarkably adaptable to a great many applications�b7�ssolution of problems in direct and inverse proportion, linear equations of the first degree, and arithmetical and geometrical progressions. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>048624315X (pbk.) 9780486243153 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics, Egyptian.<br/>Matematica (historia)<br/>Historia de las matemáticas --Egipto
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 27  / G481m 1982 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>510/.932