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Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics /
Among other things, Aaboe shows us how the Babylonians did calculations, how Euclid proved that there are infinitely many primes, how Ptolemy constructed a trigonometric table in his Almagest, and how Archimedes trisected the angle. Some of the topics may be familiar to the reader, while others will...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Series: | Anneli Lax new mathematical library.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |