Neither Sherlock Holmes nor Babylon: A Reassessment of Plimpton 322

2001/08/01 by Eleanor Robson · 7 citations
Arts and Humanities · Mathematics · Social Sciences · #Historical Studies in Science #Historical and Literary Studies #History and Theory of Mathematics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1006/hmat.2001.2317

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Citations

• Methods and traditions of Babylonian mathematics
• Ancient Babylonian algorithms
• Hellenophilia versus the History of Science

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• Words and Pictures: New Light on Plimpton 322
• Geometry in Mesopotamia and Egypt
• Plimpton 322: a review and a different perspective
• Babylonian mathematics [wikipedia]
• Edgar James Banks [wikipedia]
• Number theory [wikipedia]
• Plimpton 322 [wikipedia]