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Mathematics and society : numbers and measures in early modern South India /Senthil D. Babu

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi :Oxford University Press , 2022Description: xiv, 354 pages : illustrations , 23 cmISBN:
  • 9788194831600
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 510.9548 BAB
Contents:
Introduction : "Fifteen Brahmins and Fifteen Thieves" Towards practice : mathematics beyond the canon Mathematics of the practitioner Memory and mathematics in Tiṇṇai schools Mathematics pedagogy for a public : the colonial transition Conclusion : mathematics and its images of the public Appendix-I : numbers, weights, and measures in the Tamil system Appendix-II : a brief note on Tamil numerical notation Appendix-III : Ponnilakkam, Nellilkkam, Eṇcuvaṭi Appendix-IV : list of text books used for the study
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Books Books SNU LIBRARY 510.9548 BAB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out to Ziaur Rehman (20500013) 29/12/2022 00:00 28971
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Introduction : "Fifteen Brahmins and Fifteen Thieves"
Towards practice : mathematics beyond the canon
Mathematics of the practitioner
Memory and mathematics in Tiṇṇai schools
Mathematics pedagogy for a public : the colonial transition
Conclusion : mathematics and its images of the public
Appendix-I : numbers, weights, and measures in the Tamil system
Appendix-II : a brief note on Tamil numerical notation
Appendix-III : Ponnilakkam, Nellilkkam, Eṇcuvaṭi
Appendix-IV : list of text books used for the study

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