The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus: An Ancient Egyptian Text

by Gay Robins, Charles Shute

The Rhind Mathematical An Ancient Egyptian Text [paperback] Robins, Gay,Shute, Charles [Jan 01, 1990]… 0486264076

Genres: Egypt, Egyptology

88 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

An art historian, her work focuses on ancient Egyptian art, composition, gender and sexuality.

Professor Gay Robins studied Egyptology as an undergraduate at the University of Durham, and then obtained a D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1981 under the supervision of Professor John Baines. In 1988 obtained her promotion to Professor. She retired in 2018 as Professor Emerita of Art History.
Over the course of her career, she has published numerous articles and books on the topics of Ancient Egyptian art, the decoration of eighteenth dynasty non-royal Theban tombs, and women and gender issues in Ancient Egypt.

Reviews

[Wendelle]

short but detailed text exploring that wonder of Ancient Egypt, the Rhind mathematical papyrus, that shows the civilization's ingenuity in extracting highly accurate mathematical computations from rudimentary techniques in fractional math. If you like fractional math and you want to learn step-by-step how Ancient Egyptians performed their math, then this book about the set of problem-and-solution scrolls are for you.