Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry by Hidetoshi Fukagawa, Tony Rothman

Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry

Hidetoshi Fukagawa, Tony Rothman

348 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics informative relaxing medium-paced
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Between the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries Japan was totally isolated from the West by imperial decree. During that time, a unique brand of homegrown mathematics flourished, one that was completely uninfluenced by developments in Western mat...

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