The Glory of Vedic Mathematics

Prakash Joshi

ISBN 10: 9348911716 / ISBN 13: 9789348911711

Edité par Motilal Banarsidass Publications, IN, 2025

N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9789348911711

Synopsis :

This title of this book may appear somewhat puzzling to the readers. We all know Vedic mathematics deals with simple numerical calculations. What is then glorious about it? Why does our title speak of ‘Glory of Vedic Mathematics ? – the reader may very well enquire.’ When one thinks of the importance of a particular discovery one has to take into account the contemporary scenario then prevailing and what was being done in that field in other countries. As far as mathematics was concerned, during early centuries of the Christian era people in the west could not even written big numbers.

À propos de l'auteur: Dr. Prakash Joshi joined the Indian Foreign Service in early 1970s. He went on to hold various senior positions with distinction in different parts of the world, including the Gulf region, Africa, Europe America, as High Commissioner, he delivered on their TV network discourses on the Gita for over to years. Dr. Prakash Joshi was educated in Cambridge, Gonville and Ceius College, U.K. where he did Tripos in Mathematics. He had earlier graduated with high honours from the University of Bombay specializing in Mathematics. He was then nominated a National Scholar and was awarded the prestigious Tata Scholarship for higher Education for Indians. During 1980s while posted in Delhi in completed his doctorate through the Jawaharlal Nehru University in the field of International Relations. He also qualified at that time as Interpreter in Arabic through the school of Foreign Languages, New Delhi. Dr. Prakash Joshi possesses excellent knowledge of Sanskrit and has distinguished family background; his father Dr. V.M. Joshi I.C.S., D.Sc. was a renowned statistician.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Glory of Vedic Mathematics
Éditeur : Motilal Banarsidass Publications, IN
Date d'édition : 2025
Reliure : Paperback
Etat : New