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RECORD NUMBER: 2 OF 19| Main Title | Math of Arabia [picture] / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Swienciki, Lawrence W. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Key Curriculum Press ; [Spectrum Educational Supplies, distributor], | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 0 | |||||||||||
| Stock Number | 203470 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 613430903 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 9781559534864; 1559534869 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Multicultural education--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics, Arab--History--Posters ; Mathematics, Arab--Study and teaching--Posters ; Arab countries--History--Study and teaching--Posters ; Mathematics--Study and teaching ; Study skills | |||||||||||
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| Collation | 1 poster : color ; 62 x 93 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | "Copyright, Lawrence W. Swienciki, Ph. D., 1999"--Poster. Poster originally published by L.W. Swienciki, Educational Materials, Inc., Santa Fe, NM., copyright 1999. Republished by Key Curriculum Press, 200-?. Republication information, including ISBN, from publisher website. Title from poster. |
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| Contents Notes | The poster's central panel and surrounding margins depict typical geometric and symmetrical Islamic designs. The text box describes the history and considerable legacy of Arabic science and mathematics, especially from the early Middle Ages in the cultural centre at Baghdad under Caliph al-Mansãur; and the early use of decimal fractions (1430 A.D.) by Arab scholars. Below is an example of Arabic calligraphy. |