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This book provides a stimulating presentation of the history of Greek mathematics, with special emphasis on the Alexandrian school. Beginning with number systems of the ancients and Egyptian influences on Greek mathematics, the book traces the development up to Pappus and Proclus in the fourth century A.D. This is a standard work on the history of Greek mathematics, with special emphasis on the Alexandrian school of mathematics.
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James Gow's A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884) offers a complete overview of the history of Greek mathematics from the origins of the numeric system to the sophisticated proofs of Pythagorus, Euclid, Archimedes and many others. Direct translations from source texts make this an indispensable guide to the subject.
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