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" A history of mathematics / "
Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer.
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BL
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105948
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b63497
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GBB065040
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| Main Entry
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Merzbach, Uta C.,1933-
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A history of mathematics /\ Uta Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer.
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| Edition Statement
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3rd ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Hoboken, N.J. :: Wiley,, c2011.
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xx, 668 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm.
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9780470525487 (pbk.)
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: 0470525487 (pbk.)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 633-646) and index.
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| Contents
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Traces -- Ancient Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Hellenic traditions -- Euclid of Alexandria -- Archimedes of Syracuse -- Apollonius of Perge -- Crosscurrents -- Ancient and medieval China -- Ancient and medieval India -- The Islamic hegemony -- The Latin West -- The European Renaissance -- Early modern problem solvers -- Analysis, synthesis, the infinite, and numbers -- British techniques and Continental methods -- Euler -- Pre- to postrevolutionary France -- Gauss -- Geometry -- Algebra -- Analysis -- Twentieth- century legacies -- Recent trends.
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Mathematics-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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510.9
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QA21.B767 2011
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Boyer, Carl B., (Carl Benjamin),1906-1976.
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