"In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski……" — James Henry Breasted

In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of… - James Henry Breasted
"In the field of Egyptian mathematics Professor Karpinski of the University of Michigan has long insisted that surviving mathematical papyri clearly demonstrate the Egyptians' scientific interest in pure mathematics for its own sake. I have now no doubt that Professor Karpinski is right, for the evidence of interest in pure science, as such, is perfectly conclusive in the Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus."

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