| Description |
pages cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Symphonies of stone -- 2. The pyramid builders -- 3. The Theban Mysteries -- 4. Babylon -- 5. The Middle Kingdom -- 6. The Achaeans -- 7. A World made of numbers -- 8. The thoughts of Zeus -- 9. The philosopher's criticism -- 10. The Elements of Euclid -- 11. An island interlude -- 12. Proportion -- 13. The Divine Archimedes -- 14. Apollonius the great geometer -- 15. The science of numbers -- 16. The School of Alexandria -- 17. The dark subcontinent of India -- 18. The contribution of Islam -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- History.
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| LC no. |
94034260 |
| ISBN |
0198539509 |
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