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_aMathematics and Society : _bNumbers and Measures in Early Modern South India / _cSenthil Babu D. |
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_aNew Delhi: _bOxford University Press, _c2024. |
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_axiv, 354p. _billustration (black and white) |
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| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 329-339) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | _aAcknowledgments List of Tables and Images Note on Abbreviations Note On Transliteration And Conventions Introduction Chapter I: Mathematics Beyond the Canon Chapter II: Mathematics of the Practitioner Chapter III: Memory and Mathematics in Tinnai Schools Chapter IV: Mathematics Pedagogy for a Public: The Colonial Transition Conclusion: Mathematics and Its Images of the Public Bibliography Appendices Appendix I: Numbers, Weights and Measures in the Tamil System Appendix II: A Brief Note on Tamil Numerical Notation Appendix III: Ponnilakkam, Nellilkkam, Encuvati Appendix IV: List of Text Books Used for the Study | |
| 520 | _aThis book studies the regional tradition of mathematics in the Tamil-speaking areas of Southern India. It questions the established nature of Indian history of mathematics, which is based only on the Bhatta-Bhaskara tradition. Instead, it brings in practitioners like village accountants and school teachers as primary agents in the practice of mathematics. The author studies these hitherto unexplored historical sources and presents them in a new light. He talks about mathematics at the workplace, at the school, and at the village square in precolonial Tamil society. Finally, the author studies what happened to these practices when encountered by the colonial revenue administration and brings out a social history of mathematics in India. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish Includes phrases in Tamil. | ||
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_aMathematics _zIndia, South _930571 |
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_aMathematics, Medieval _930572 |
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