Overview
- First monograph on this emerging subject matter
- Edited and authored by leading researchers in the field
- Develops novel quantitiative methods for the humanities and social sciences
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Understanding Complex Systems (UCS)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
Keywords
- Comparative and Quantitative Mythology
- Complex Systems in the Humanities
- Dynamics of Power in the Íslendingasögur
- Folktale Phylogenetics
- Language Networks
- Medieval Texts as Sources for Data Mining
- Political Networks in Medieval Texts
- Quantitative Analysis of Medieval Texts
- Social Networks in Icelandic Family Sagas
- Social Networks in Past Cultures
About this book
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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives
Editors: Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarron
Series Title: Understanding Complex Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39445-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-39443-5Published: 30 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81887-0Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-39445-9Published: 22 September 2016
Series ISSN: 1860-0832
Series E-ISSN: 1860-0840
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 228
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 47 illustrations in colour
Topics: Applications of Graph Theory and Complex Networks, History, general, Methodology of the Social Sciences, Historical Linguistics, Medieval Philosophy