02253nam 2200565Ia 450 991096624740332120200520144314.00-88385-928-9(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 Aaboe1st ed.Washington, D.C. Mathematical Association of America19981 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.MathematicsHistoryMathematics, AncientMathematicsHistory.Mathematics, Ancient.510.901Aaboe Asger535300MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910966247403321Episodes from the early history of mathematics922441UNINA