The Sea Island Mathematical Manual: Surveying and Mathematics in Ancient China

by Frank J. Swetz

Book Overview

The Haidao Suanjing or Sea Island Mathematical Manual, is one of the "Ten Classics" of traditional Chinese mathematics, and its contents demonstrate the high standards of theoretical and mathematical sophistication present in early Chinese surveying theory. The Haidao composed in A.D. 263 by Liu Hui, established the mathematical procedures for much of East Asian surveying activity for the next one thousand years. The contents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271024526
• ISBN13: 9780271024523
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.4"