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1、ARCHITECTUREANDMATHEMATICSINANCIENTEGYPTInthisfascinatingnewstudy,architectandEgyptologistCorinnaRossianalysestherelationshipbetweenmathematicsandarchitectureinancientEgyptbyexplor-ingtheuseofnumbersandgeometricalfiguresinancientarchitecturalprojectsandbuildings.Whilepreviousarchitect
2、uralstudieshavesearchedforabstract‘universalrules’toexplainthehistoryofEgyptianarchitecture,Rossiattemptstoreconcilethedifferentapproachesofarchaeologists,architectsandhistoriansofmathematicsintoasinglecoherentpicture.Usingastudyofaspecificgroupofmonuments,thepyramids,andplacingthemin
3、thecontextoftheirculturalandhistoricalback-ground,Rossiarguesthattheoryandpracticeofconstructionmustbeconsideredasacontinuum,notastwoseparatedfields,inordertoallowtheoriginalplan-ningprocessofabuildingtore-emerge.Highlyillustratedwithplans,diagramsandfigures,thisbookisessentialreadingf
4、orallscholarsofancientEgyptandthearchitectureofancientcultures.DrCorinnaRossiisaJuniorResearchFellowinEgyptologyatChurchillCollege,Cambridge.ARCHITECTUREANDMATHEMATICSINANCIENTEGYPTCORINNAROSSIcambridgeuniversitypressCambridge,NewYork,Melbourne,Madrid,CapeTown,Singapore,Sa~oPauloCamb
5、ridgeUniversityPressTheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridge,CB28RU,UKPublishedintheUnitedStatesofAmericabyCambridgeUniversityPress,NewYorkwww.cambridge.orgInformationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9780521690539CCorinnaRossi2003Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtothepr
6、ovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewrittenpermissionofCambridgeUniversityPress.Firstpublished2003Reprintedwithcorrections2006Firstpaperbackedition2007PrintedintheUnitedKingdomattheUniversityPress,CambridgeAcataloguerecordforth
7、ispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibraryISBN-13978-0-521-82954-0hardbackISBN-13978-0-521-69053-9paperbackCambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesresferredtointhispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatconten
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