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Mathematics in Ancient Greece
Dantzig, Tobias
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BOOK SUMMARY
A study of the problems, principles, and procedures that mathematics has inherited from antiquity, this book both instructs and delights. Written by a specialist in interpreting science for lay readers, it recounts the human story behind mathematics, focu

BOOK SYNOPSIS
A study of the problems, principles, and procedures that mathematics has inherited from antiquity, this book both instructs and delights. Written by a specialist in interpreting science for lay readers, it recounts the human story behind mathematics, focusing on the insights of such thinkers as Euclid and Hippocrates. 1955 edition.

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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0486453472
ISBN(13-digit): 9780486453477
Dewey Decimal: 510.938
Library of Congress: 2006050206
Book Publisher: Dover Pubns
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 191
Paper Weight (lb): 0.43 lb



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