Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics
Episodes from the Early History of MathematicsAsger Aaboe
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Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics

Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics

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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.