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" Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics / "
with an English translation by Ivor Thomas.
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BL
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Record Number
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991878
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b746248
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Title & Author
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Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics /\ with an English translation by Ivor Thomas.
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Publication Statement
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Cambridge, Mass. :: Harvard University Press,, 1939-1941.
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Series Statement
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Loeb classical library ;; 335, 362
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2 volumes :: illustrations ;; 17 cm.
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ISBN
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0434993352
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: 043499362X
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: 0674993691
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: 0674993993
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: 9780434993352
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: 9780434993628
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: 9780674993693
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: 9780674993990
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0067499369
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Notes
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Imprint varies.
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Includes indexes.
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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1980 repr. Includes bibliographical references to 1979 (v. 1, pages xvii-lii).
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Contents
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V.1. From Thales to Euclid -- v. 2. From Aristarchus to Pappus.
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Abstract
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GREEK MATHEMATICAL WORKS. The wonderful achievement of Greek mathematics is illustrated in two volumes. 1. The divisions of mathematics; mathematics in Greek education; calculation; arithmetical notation and operations, including square root and cube root; Pythagorean arithmetic including properties of numbers; square root of 2; proportion and means; algabraic equations; Proclus; Thales; Pythagorean geometry; Democritus; Hippocrates of Chios; duplicating the cube and squaring the circle; trisecting angles; Theaetetus; Plato; Exodus of Cnidus (pyramid; cone, etc.); Aristotle (the infinite; the lever); Euclid. 2. Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon); Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids; spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics); Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); Apollonius (conic sections and other works); later development of geometry; trigonometry (including Ptolmy's table of sines); mensuration - Heron of Alexandria; algebra - Diophantus (determinate and indeterminate equations); the revival of geometry - Pappus.
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Subject
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Mathematics, Greek.
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Mathematics, Greek, Sources.
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Mathematics, Greek.
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Subject
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Mathématiques grecques-- Anthologies.
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Subject
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Griekse oudheid.
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Subject
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Wiskunde.
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Dewey Classification
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510.938
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LC Classification
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QA31.S44 1939
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PA3611.A95 1939
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NLM classification
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31.01bcl
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Added Entry
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Bulmer-Thomas, Ivor,1905-1993
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Spine Title
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Greek mathematical works
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