Episodes From Early Hist.of Mathematics
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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
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Among other things, Aaboe
s... [more] Brand new. We distribute
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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
seem surprising or be new. [less]
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Publisher: Mathematical Association of America Summary: Using material which is mathematically elementary yet which exhibits the depth that is characteristic of truly great thought patterns in all ages, Aaboe gives the reader a feeling for the universality of important mathematics.
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Using material which is mathematically elementary yet which exhibits the depth that is characteristic of truly great thought patterns in all ages, Aaboe gives the reader a feeling for the universality of important mathematics.
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