02151nam 22005172 450 991079174470332120151002020706.00-88385-928-9(CKB)2560000000081420(SSID)ssj0000577603(PQKBManifestationID)11362427(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000577603(PQKBWorkID)10577320(PQKB)10266856(UkCbUP)CR9780883859285(MiAaPQ)EBC3330412(Au-PeEL)EBL3330412(CaPaEBR)ebr10729383(OCoLC)929120257(RPAM)3113234(EXLCZ)99256000000008142020111006d1998|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEpisodes from the early history of mathematics /by Asger Aaboe[electronic resource]Washington :Mathematical Association of America,1998.1 online resource (x, 133 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ;13Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-88385-613-1 Includes bibliographical references.Babylonian mathematics -- Early Greek mathematics and Euclid's construction of the regular pentagon -- Three samples of Archimedean mathematics -- Ptolemy's construction of a trigonometric table.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.MathematicsHistoryMathematicsHistory.520Aaboe Asger535300UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910791744703321Episodes from the early history of mathematics922441UNINA