Volume 2 of an authoritative two-volume set that covers the essentials of mathematics and features every landmark innovation and every important figure, including Euclid, Apollonius, and others.
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Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers by Karl Menninger Classic study discusses number sequence and number language, then explores written numerals and computations in a wide range of cultures. ". . . superior narrative ability." — Library Journal. 282 illus.
Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra by Jacob Klein Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-century development of symbolic algebra. 1968 edition. Bibliography.
A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 1 by Sir Thomas Heath Volume 1 of an authoritative two-volume set that covers the essentials of mathematics and features every landmark innovation and every important figure, including Euclid, Apollonius, and others.
A Short History of Greek Mathematics by James Gow Contents include Egyptian and Greek arithmetic; Greek number theory and geometry; prehistoric and Egyptian geometry; and works by Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius, and their successors. 1884 edition.
