Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:069112745X
ISBN13:9780691127453
Release Date:July 2008
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Length:392 Pages
Weight:0.15 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 8.4" x 9.9"
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