Maths meets myths : quantitative approaches to ancient narratives / Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarron, editors.

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Maths meets myths : quantitative approaches to ancient narratives / Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarron, editors.

9783319394459 (electronic book)
3319394452 (electronic book)
9783319394435
3319394436

Switzerland : Springer, [2016]

©2017

English

1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations (some color).

10.1007/978-3-319-39445-9 doi

QA39.3

510

With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques. This book collects, for the first time, novel quantitative approaches to studying sources from the past, such as chronicles, epics, folktales, and myths. It contributes significantly to recent efforts in bringing together natural scientists and humanities scholars in investigations aimed at achieving greater understanding of our cultural inheritance. Accordingly, each contribution reports on a modern quantitative approach applicable to narrative sources from the past, or describes those which would be amenable to such treatment and why they are important. This volume is a unique state-of-the-art compendium on an emerging research field which also addresses anyone with interests in quantitative approaches to humanities.

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