A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact
Author:   George Gheverghese Joseph
Publisher:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
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9788132101680


Pages:   323
Publication Date:   11 November 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   George Gheverghese Joseph
Publisher:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Imprint:   SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.390kg
ISBN:  

9788132101680


ISBN 10:   8132101685
Pages:   323
Publication Date:   11 November 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Social Origins of the Kerala School The Mathematical Origins of the Kerala School The Highlights of Kerala Mathematics and Astronomy Indian Trigonometry: From Ancient Beginnings to Nilakantha Squaring the Circle: The Kerala Answer Reaching for the Stars: The Power Series for Sines and Cosines Changing Perspectives on Indian Mathematics Exploring Transmissions: A Case Study of Kerala Mathematics to Europe A Final Assessment Bibliography Index

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The book traces the path and mode of transmission of knowledge from Kerala to Europe. The book also examines the mathematical genesis of the Kerala School and the Aryabhata School...the book will be of interest to those researchers who are working in the area of history of mathematics. Elementary knowledge of mathematics is adequate to enjoy reading this book. -- zbmath.org


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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).

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