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" Algebra : "
John Tabak
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BL
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| Record Number
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688013
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b510202
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| Main Entry
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Tabak, John
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| Title & Author
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Algebra : : sets, symbols, and the language of thought /\ John Tabak
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| Edition Statement
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Rev. ed
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Facts On File,, [2011]
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, ©2011
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| Series Statement
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The history of mathematics
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xix, 236 pages :: illustrations (some color),; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0816079447
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: 9780816079445
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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The first algebras -- Greek algebra -- Algebra from India to Northern Africa -- Algebra as a theory of equations -- Algebra in geometry and analysis -- The search for new structures -- The laws of thought -- The theory of matrices and determinants
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| Abstract
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Algebra, Revised Edition describes the history of both strands of algebraic thought. This updated resource describes some of the earliest progress in algebra as well as some of the mathematicians in Mesopotamia, Egypt, China, and Greece who contributed to this early period. New material has been added to the chapter on "modern" algebra, a type of mathematical research that continues to occupy the attention of many mathematicians today. --from publisher description
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| Subject
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Algebra-- History
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| Dewey Classification
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512.009
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| LC Classification
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QA151.T33 2011
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