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Pelican Books
Treasury of mathematics 1
In this fascinating collection of original sources, the author shows individual mathematicians grappling with varied problems - some practical, such as architecture, money, valuation, mechanics, astronomy and calender calculations; others verging on philosophy, such as the existence of zero and the concept of infinity. Her arrangement also demonstrated the growth of key ideas in geometry, arithmetic, logic and calculus.
Volume 1 also documents the growth of mathematical science in ancient civilisations.
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