Science awakening I / B.L. van der Waerden ; English translation by Arnold Dresden with additions of the author.

Mathématiques égyptiennes : recherches sur les connaissances mathématiques de l'Egypte pharaonique / Sylvia Couchoud.

Facsimile of the Rhind mathematical papyrus in the British Museum.

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Science awakening I / B.L. van der Waerden ; English translation by Arnold Dresden with additions of the author.

Mathématiques égyptiennes : recherches sur les connaissances mathématiques de l'Egypte pharaonique / Sylvia Couchoud.

Facsimile of the Rhind mathematical papyrus in the British Museum.