Mathematics and society : numbers and measures in early modern South India
Senthil D. Babu
Mathematics and society : numbers and measures in early modern South India /Senthil D. Babu - New Delhi :Oxford University Press , 2022 - xiv, 354 pages : illustrations , 23 cm
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
9788194831600
Mathematics
; History--;Mathematics India, South History
510.9548 BAB
Mathematics and society : numbers and measures in early modern South India /Senthil D. Babu - New Delhi :Oxford University Press , 2022 - xiv, 354 pages : illustrations , 23 cm
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
9788194831600
Mathematics
; History--;Mathematics India, South History
510.9548 BAB
