| Needham/NRI2/SCC2/64 contains: |
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| 56 |
Letter from Michael R. Tetley of London, thanking Joseph Needham for providing references on the abacus |
| 57 |
Cutting of a published letter to the editor of 'The Listener' from J. T. Davis of Worcester disputing the development of mathematics by the Chinese, Hindus and Arabs in prehistoric times |
| 58 |
Copy of a reviews by T. H. Savory published in 'Nature', including a review of Prof. Dirk J Struik's, 'A Concise History of Mathematics', (New York, 1948) |
| 59 |
Two letters from J. D. M. Derret of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London asking for help with his work on the origins of Arabic numerals |
| 60 |
Correspondence with W. French Anderson of Trinity College, Cambridge, about his work on the history of numerical notation systems and related documents |
| 61 |
Correspondence with Prof. Lancelot Hogben of the Department of Medical Statistics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, about his book 'Mathematics in the Making' |
| 62 |
Letter from Prof. A. Yuschkevitch of the Institute of the History of Science and Technology, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. about the mathematician, al-Khwarizmi and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
| 63 |
Copy of a paper by ?? [Li Nien / Li Nian] about the Arabic magic square in China, published in «??????» [Wên Wu Tshan Khao Tzu Liao / Wen Wu Can Kao Zi Liao] |
| 64 |
Joseph Needham's typescript summaries of two works by ?? [Li Nien / Li Nian] published in «??»[Kho Hsüeh / Ke Xue], 1957 |
| 65 |
Letter from Victor Meally of County Dublin, Eire, commenting on the section on Pi in 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 3' and copy of Joseph Needham's reply |
| 66 |
Cutting of an anonymous newspaper article entitled ''Pi' can never be worked out' |
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine
| Title |
Correspondence with Prof. Lancelot Hogben of the Department of Medical Statistics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, about his book 'Mathematics in the Making' |
| Reference |
SCC2/64/61 |
| Creator |
Hogben, Lancelot; Needham, Joseph. |
| Covering Dates |
8 Apr. 1959–21 Apr. 1959 |
| Extent and Medium |
6 sheets; Paper |
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| Content and context |
Joseph Needham responds to Hogben's questions on the 'Pythagorean theorem in the 'Chou Pei Suan Ching''; Chinese trigonometry; the relation of positional computations and the zero symbol'. |
| Index Terms |
| Hogben, Lancelot Thomas (1895-1975) zoologist and geneticist |
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