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 Mathematics of the Incas: Code of the Quipu
by Marcia Ascher, Robert Ascher
Unique, thought-provoking study discusses quipu, an accounting system employing knotted, colored cords, used by Incas. Cultural context, mathematics involved, and even how to make a quipu. Over 125 illustrations.
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| |  Makers of Mathematics
by Stuart Hollingdale
Fascinating and highly readable, this book illustrates the roles of Archimedes, Descartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton, Einstein, and others in the development of mathematics. 1989 edition.
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| |  The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics
by Lucas N. H. Bunt, Phillip S. Jones, Jack D. Bedient
Exciting, hands-on approach to understanding fundamental underpinnings of modern arithmetic, algebra, geometry and number systems examines their origins in early Egyptian, Babylonian, and Greek sources.
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 A Source Book in Mathematics
by David Eugene Smith
The writings of Newton, Leibniz, Pascal, Riemann, Bernouilli, and others in a comprehensive selection of 125 treatises, articles from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th century. Number, algebra, geometry, probability, calculus, more.
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 History of Mathematics, Vol. 1
by David E. Smith
Volume 1 of a 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Non-technical chronological survey with thousands of biographical notes, critical evaluations, contemporary opinions on over 1,100 mathematicians.
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| |  History of Mathematics, Vol. 2
by David E. Smith
Volume 2 of a 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Evolution of arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, calculating devices, algebra, calculus, more. Problems, recreations, applications.
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 A Manual of Greek Mathematics
by Sir Thomas L. Heath
This concise but thorough history encompasses the enduring contributions of the ancient Greek mathematicians whose works form the basis of most modern mathematics. Discusses Pythagorean arithmetic, Plato, Euclid, more. 1931 edition.
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| |  The Works of Archimedes
by Archimedes, Sir Thomas Heath
Complete works of ancient geometer feature such topics as the famous problems of the ratio of the areas of a cylinder and an inscribed sphere; the properties of conoids, spheroids, and spirals; more.
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| Products in History of Mathematics | | |  | Chinese Mathematics in the Thirteenth Century
by Ulrich Libbrecht
An exploration of the 13th-century mathematician Ch'in, this fascinating book combines what is known of the mathematician's life with a history of his only extant work, the Shu-shu chiu-chang. 1973 edtion.
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|  | A Concise History of Mathematics
by Dirk J. Struik
Revised 4th edition covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory. Work of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, etc.
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|  | Contributions to the Founding of the Theory of Transfinite Numbers
by Georg Cantor
The famous articles, 1895–7, that founded a new branch of mathematics. Covers addition, multiplication and exponentiation of cardinal numbers, smallest transfinite cardinal numbers, ordinal types of simple ordered aggregates, more. Translated with introduction by P. Jourdain.
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|  | The Development of Mathematics
by E. T. Bell
One of the 20th century's foremost scholars surveys the role of mathematics in civilization, describing the main principles, methods, and theories of mathematics from 4000 B.C. to 1945. 1945 edition.
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|  | The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
by O. Neugebauer
One of the foremost workers in the area of premodern science presents the standard nontechnical coverage of Egyptian and Babylonian mathematics and astronomy and their transmission into the Hellenistic world.
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| | |  | The Geometry of René Descartes
by René Descartes
The great work that founded analytical geometry. Includes the original French text, Descartes' own diagrams, and the definitive Smith-Latham translation. "The greatest single step ever made in the progress of the exact sciences." — John Stuart Mill.
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|  | 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.
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| | The Historical Roots of Elementary Mathematics
by Lucas N. H. Bunt, Phillip S. Jones, Jack D. Bedient
Exciting, hands-on approach to understanding fundamental underpinnings of modern arithmetic, algebra, geometry and number systems examines their origins in early Egyptian, Babylonian, and Greek sources.
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|  | History of Analytic Geometry
by Carl B. Boyer
This study presents the concepts and contributions from before the Alexandrian Age through to Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the "Golden Age," from 1789 to 1850. 1956 edition. Analytical bibliography. Index.
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|  | 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.
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|  | A History of Greek Mathematics, Vol. 2
by Sir Thomas Heath
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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|  | A History of Japanese Mathematics
by David E. Smith, Yoshio Mikami
Classic survey chronicles the development of the Japanese mathematics: use of the abacus; application of counting rods to algebra; Seki Kowa; the circle principle; Ajima Chokuyen; Wada Nei; more. 1914 edition. Includes 74 figures.
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| | History of Mathematics, Vol. 1
by David E. Smith
Volume 1 of a 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Non-technical chronological survey with thousands of biographical notes, critical evaluations, contemporary opinions on over 1,100 mathematicians.
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| | History of Mathematics, Vol. 2
by David E. Smith
Volume 2 of a 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Evolution of arithmetic, geometry, trigonometry, calculating devices, algebra, calculus, more. Problems, recreations, applications.
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| | |  | History of the Theory of Numbers
by Leonard Eugene Dickson
Save 10% when you buy all 3 volumes of this set. Includes "Volume I: Divisibility and Primality," "Volume II: Diophantine Analysis," and "Volume III: Quadratic and Higher Forms."
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|  | Lectures on Elementary Mathematics
by Joseph Louis Lagrange
One of the 18th century's greatest mathematicians delivered these lectures at a training school for teachers. An exemplar among elementary expositions, they combine original ideas and elegant expression. 1898 edition.
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