Marshall Clagett Book order (chronological)

This volume, the first of three volumes describing the major facets of Ancient Eygptian Science, concentrates on the origin and development of hieroglyphic writing, the scribal profession, the quasi-learned institutions in anciant Egypt. Professor Clagett has paid particular attention to the so-called Palermo Stone, the earliest annals composed in Egypt. This book is Tome Two of the two-part Volume 1.

This volume continues Marshall Clagett's studies of the various aspects of the science of Ancient Egypt. The volume gives a discourse on the nature and accomplishments of Egyptian mathematics and also informs the reader as to how our knowledge of Egyptian mathematics has grown since the publication of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus toward the end of the 19th century. The author quotes and discusses interpretations of such authors as Eisenlohr, Griffith, Hultsch, Peet, Struce, Neugebauer, Chace, Glanville, van der Waerden, Bruins, Gillings, and others. He also also considers studies of more recent authors such as Couchoud, Caveing, and Guillemot.