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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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