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" Great moments in mathematics (before 1650) / "
by Howard Eves.
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BL
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986998
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b741368
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| Main Entry
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Eves, Howard,1911-2004
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| Title & Author
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Great moments in mathematics (before 1650) /\ by Howard Eves.
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| Publication Statement
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[Washington, District of Columbia] :: The Mathematical Association of America,, [1983]
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, ©1983
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Dolciani mathematical expositions ;; number 5
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1 online resource (xiv, 270 pages) :: illustrations
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1614442142
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: 9781614442141
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9780883853054
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9780883853108
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Scratches and grunts -- The greatest Egyptian pyramid -- From the laboratory into the study -- the first great theorem -- Precipitation of the first crisis -- Resolution of the first crisis -- First steps in organizing mathematics -- The mathematician's bible -- The thinker and the thug -- A boost from astronomy -- The first great number theorist -- The syncopation of algebra -- Two early computing inventions -- The poet-mathematician of Khorasan -- The blockhead -- An extraordinary and bizarre story -- Doubling the life of the astronomer -- The stimulation of science -- Slicing it thin -- The transform-solve-invert technique.
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| Abstract
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An inclusive look at pre-1650 mathematics, this collection of lectures covers discoveries by Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, Ptolemy, Diophantus, Omar Khayyam, Fibonacci, Napier, Galileo, Kepler, Cavalieri and more.
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Mathematics-- History.
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Mathematics.
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510.9
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QA21.E947 1983eb
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