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A study of the problems, principles, and procedures that mathematics has inherited from antiquity, this book both instructs and delights. Written by a specialist in interpreting science for lay readers, it recounts the human story behind mathematics, focusing on the insights of such thinkers as Euclid and Hippocrates. 1955 edition.Dantzig, Tobias is the author of 'Mathematics in Ancient Greece', published 2006 under ISBN 9780486453477 and ISBN 0486453472.
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