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The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics
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Author/Editor: Lucas N. H. Bunt, Phillip S. Jones, Jack D. Bedient
ISBN 10:0486255638
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Exciting, hands-on approach to understanding fundamental underpinnings of modern arithmetic, algebra, geometry and number systems, by examining their origins in early Egyptian, Babylonian and Greek sources. Students can do division like the ancient Egyptians, solve quadratic equations like the Babylo...  read more
 


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Exciting, hands-on approach to understanding fundamental underpinnings of modern arithmetic, algebra, geometry and number systems, by examining their origins in early Egyptian, Babylonian and Greek sources. Students can do division like the ancient Egyptians, solve quadratic equations like the Babylonians, and more.
Reprint of the Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1976 edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486255638
ISBN 13: 9780486255637
Author/Editor: Lucas N. H. Bunt, Phillip S. Jones, Jack D. Bedient
Format: Book
Page Count: 336
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: February 1988
Table of Contents: Click here to view the Table of Contents

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