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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1561914
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Book Information:

Title: The Rhind Mathematical Papyrus, British Museum 10057 and 10058, in two volume
Additional book information: Volume I. By Arnold Buffum Chace, with the assistance of Henry Parker Manning, and with a bibliography of Egyptian mathematics by Raymond Clare Archibald. [x]+210 pp., 1927. Royal 8vo. Volume II. By Arnold Buffum Chace, Ludlow Bull, and Henry Parker Manning, with a bibliography of Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics (supplement) by Raymond Clare Archibald, and a description of the mathematical leather roll in the British Museum, by S. R. K. Glanville. Mathematical Association of America, Oberlin, Ohio; xvi pp.+31 photographic plates +109 facsimile plates+109 facing pages of text, 12 pp. of bibliography +8 pp., 1929. Royal oblong folio. Price, $20.

Review Information:

Reviewer: David Eugene Smith
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 36 (1930), 166-170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1930-04915-0