A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact Contributor(s): Joseph, George Gheverghese (Author) |
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ISBN: 8132101685 ISBN-13: 9788132101680 Publisher: Sage Publications Pvt. Ltd OUR PRICE: $38.94 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | History & Philosophy - History | Europe - Medieval - History | Asia - India & South Asia |
Dewey: 510.954 |
LCCN: 2009035222 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 323 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) - Cultural Region - Indian |
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Publisher Description: This book traces the first faltering steps taken in the mathematical theorization of infinity which marks the emergence of modern mathematics. It analyzes the part played by Indian mathematics through the Kerala conduit, which is an important but neglected part of the history of mathematics.
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Contributor Bio(s): Joseph, George Gheverghese: - George Gheverghese Joseph was born in Kerala, India. His family moved to Mombasa in Kenya where he did his schooling. He studied at the University of Leicester, the United Kingdom, and then worked for six years in Kenya before pursuing his postgraduate studies at Manchester, the United Kingdom. He has travelled widely, holding university appointments and giving lectures at various universities around the world. He has appeared on radio and television programmes in India, the United States, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, as well as the United Kingdom. In January 2000, he helped to organise an International Seminar and Colloquium to commemorate the 1500th year of Aryabhata's famous text, Aryabhateeyam; the seminar was held in Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala. In December 2005, he organised an International Workshop at Kovalam which was the culmination of a AHRB-funded Research Project on 'Medieval Kerala Mathematics: The Possibility of Its Transmission to Europe'. In 2008, he gave talks at Loyola University, Chicago, USA and the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), reporting on the findings of the AHRB project. He holds joint appointments at the University of Manchester and at the University of Toronto, Canada. He authored the bestseller The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics (1991). His other works include George Joseph: The Life and Times of a Kerala Christian Nationalist (2003), Multicultural Mathematics (1993) and Women at Work: The British Experience (1983). |