Reviews for Mathematics in the time of the Pharaohs

The average rating for Mathematics in the time of the Pharaohs based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-04 00:00:00 Quincey Holden Very interesting discussion of ancient Egyptian mathematics. The differences from ours were mainly in the methods of arithmetic (since they didn't use place value) and in the fact that they didn't have fractions in the modern sense, with numerators and denominators, but only reciprocals of integers (and of one and a half = two thirds), which they added to get other fractions in our sense. With this to us rather cumbersome system, they were able to solve first and second degree equations. The book discusses the major papyri that have been found with mathematical problems, especially the Rhind Papyrus. It doesn't require any great knowledge of mathematics to understand the discussions.

Review # 2 was written on 2021-03-04 00:00:00 William Cicero Fast read