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1. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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2. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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3. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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4. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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5. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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6. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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7. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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8. A History of Mathematics Boyer, Carl Benjamin
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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9. A History of Mathematics Boyer Carl Benjamin
by Boyer Carl Benjamin 
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10. A History of Mathematics Boyer, Carl Benjamin
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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11. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer Carl Benjamin 
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12. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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13. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer Carl Benjamin 
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14. A History of Mathematics
by Carl Benjamin Boyer 
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15. A History of Mathematics
by Carl Benjamin Boyer 
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16. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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17. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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18. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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19. A History of Mathematics Boyer, Carl Benjamin
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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Description: Princeton University Press 1985 Unknown Binding Collectible-Very Good 1985-Trade Paperback. First Princeton Printing. Book is in very good condition. Free tracking with domestic orders. MD SKU-8714956 EngineeringRadio. 

20. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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21. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer Carl Benjamin 
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22. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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23. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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24. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer Carl Benjamin 
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25. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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26. A history of mathematics
by BOYER, Carl B. 
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Description: ISBN10: 0691023913, ISBN13: 9780691023915, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover 1st Princeton paperback edition. Internally VG and clean with B & W illustrations. Front cover has minor creases along the edge and bottom corner affecting inside up until page 6. Back cover has large creases in top corner and small crease in bottom corner affecting pages 689 (appendix) through 718 (end). [Cheltenham, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]  

27. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl B. 
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28. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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29. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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30. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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31. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl B. 
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Description: Princeton University Press 1985 Reprint Trade paperback Used-Good. Good paperback. 1st Princeton paperback edition. Internally VG and clean with B & W illustrations. Front cover has minor creases along the edge and bottom corner affecting inside up until page 6. Back cover has large creases in top corner and small crease in bottom corner affecting pages 689 (appendix) through 718 (end). 

32. A History of Mathematics.
by Boyer, Carl B.: 
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Description: ISBN10: 0691023913, ISBN13: 9780691023915, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover XV, 717 p.: Ill. Lediglich der Einband ist leicht berieben, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar / Only the cover is slightly rubbed, otherwise a good and clean copy. - Contents Chapter I. Primitive Origins 1 The concept of number. 2 Early number bases. 3 Number language and the origin of counting. 4 Origin of geometry. Chapter II. Egypt 1 Early records. 2 Hieroglyphic notation. 3 Ahmes papyrus. 4 Unit fractions. 5 Arithmetic operations. 6 Algebraic problems. 7 Geometrical problems. 8 A trigonometric ratio. 9 Moscow papyrus. 10 Mathematical weaknesses. Chapter III. Mesopotamia 1 Cuneiform records. 2 Positional numeration. 3 Sexagesimal fractions. 4 Fundamental operations. 5 Algebraic problems. 6 Quadratic equations. 7 Cubic equations. 8 Pythagorean triads. 9 Polygonal areas. 10 Geometry as applied arithmetic. 11 Mathematical weaknesses. Chapter IV. Ionia and the Pythagoreans 1 Greek origins. 2 Thales of Miletus. 3 Pythagoras of Samos. 4 The Pythagorean pentagram. 5 Number mysticism. 6 Arithmetic and cosmology. 7 Figurate numbers. 8 Proportions. 9 Attic numeration. 10 Ionian numeration. 11 Arithmetic and logistic. Chapter V. The Heroic Age 1 Centers of activity. 2 Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. 3 Three famous problems. 4 Quadrature of lunes. 5 Continued proportions. 6 Hippias of Ellis. 7 Philolaus and Archytas of Tarentum. 8 Duplication of the cube. 9 Incommensurability. 10 The golden section. 11 Paradoxes of Zeno. 12 Deductive reasoning. 13 Geometrical algebra. 14 Democritus of Abdera. Chapter VI. The Age of Plato and Aristotle 1 The seven liberal arts. 2 Socrates. 3 Platonic solids. 4 Theodorus of Cyrene. 5 Platonic arithmetic and geometry. 6 Origin of analysis. 7 Eudoxus of Cnidus. 8 Method of exhaustion. 9 Mathematical astronomy. 10 Menaech- mus. 11 Duplication of the cube. 12 Dinostratus and the squaring of the circle. 13 Autolycus of Pitane. 14 Aristotle. 15 End of the Hellenic period. Chapter VII. Euclid of Alexandria 1 Author of the Elements. 2 Other works. 3 Purpose of the Elements. 4 Definitions and postulates. 5 Scope of Book I. 6 Geometrical algebra. 7 Books III and IV. 8 Theory of proportion. 9 Theory of numbers. 10 Prime and perfect numbers. 11 Incommensurability. 12 Solid geometry. 13 Apocrypha. 14 Influence of the Elements. Chapter VIII. Archimedes of Syracuse I The siege of Syracuse. 2 Law of the lever. 3 The hydrostatic principle. 4 The Sand-Reckoner. 5 Measurement of the circle. 6 Angle trisection. 7 Area of a parabolic segment. 8 Volume of a paraboloidal segment. 9 Segment of a sphere. 10 On the Sphere and Cylinder. 11 Book of Lemmas. 12 Semiregular solids and trigonometry. 13 The Method. 14 Volume ofa sphere. 15 Recovery of the Method. Chapter IX. Apollonius of Perga 1 Lost works. 2 Restorations of lost works. 3 The problem of Apollonius. 4 Cycles and epicycles. 5 The Conics. 6 Names of the conic sections. 7 The double-napped cone. 8 Fundamental properties. 9 Conjugate diameters. 10 Tangents and harmonic division. 11 The three-and-four-line locus. 12 Intersecting conics. 13 Maxima and minima, tangents and normals. 14 Similar conics. 15 Foci of conics. 16 Use of coordinates. Chapter X. Greek Trigonometry and Mensuration 1 Early trigonometry. 2 Aristarchus of Samos. 3 Eratosthenes of Cyrene. 4 Hipparchus of Nicaea. 5 Menelaus of Alexandria. 6 Ptolemy’s Almagest. 7 The 360 degree circle. 8 Construction of tables. 9 Ptolemaic astronomy. 10 Other works by Ptolemy. 11 Optics and astrology. 12 Heron of Alexandria. 13 Principle of least distance. 14 Decline of Greek mathematics. Chapter XI. Revival and Decline of Greek Mathematics 1 Applied mathematics. 2 Diophantus of Alexandria. 3 Nicomachus of Gerasa. 4 The Arithmetica of Diophantus. 5 Diophantine problems. 6 The place of Diophantus in algebra. 7 Pappus of A lexandria. 8 The Collection. 9 Theorems of Pappus. 10 The Pappus problem. 11 The Treasury of Analysis. 12 The Pappus-Guldin theorems. 13 Proclus of Alexandria. 14 Boethius. 15 End of the Alexandrian period. 16 The Greek Anthology. 17 Byzantine mathematicians of the sixth century. Chapter XII. China and India 1 The oldest documents. 2 The Nine Chapters. 3 Magic squares. 4 Rod numerals. 5 The abacus and decimal fractions. 6 Values of pi. 7 Algebra and Horner’s method. 8 Thirteenth-century mathematicians. 9 The arithmetic triangle. 10 Early mathematics in India. 11 The Sulvasutras. 12 The Siddhantas. 13 Aryabhata. 14 Hindu numerals. 15 The symbol for zero. 16 Hindu trigonometry. 17 Hindu multiplication. 18 Long division. 19 Brahmagupta. 20 Brahmagupta’s formula. 21 Indeterminate equations. 22 Bhaskara. 23 The Lilavati. 24 Ramanujan. Chapter XIII. The Arabic Hegemony 1 Arabic conquests. 2 The House of Wisdom. 3 Al-jabr. 4 Quadratic equations. 5 The father of algebra. 6 Geometric foundation. 7 Algebraic problems. 8 A problem from Heron. 9 Abd al-Hamid ibn-Turk. 10 Thabit ibn-Qurra. 11 Arabic numerals. 12 Arabic trigonometry. 13 Abu’l-Wefa and al- Karkhi. 14 Al-Biruni and Alhazen. 15 Omar Khayyam. 16 The parallel postulate. 17 Nasir Eddin. 18 Al-Kashi. CONTENTS Chapter XIV. Europe in the Middle Ages 1 From Asia to Europe. 2 Byzantine mathematics. 3 The Dark Ages. 4 Alcuin and Gerbert. 5 The century of translation. 6 The spread of Hindu-Arabic numerals. 7 The Liber abaci. 8 The Fibonacci sequence. 9 A solution of a cubic equation. 10 Theory of numbers and geometry. 11 Jordanus Nemor- arius. 12 Campanus of Novara. 13 Learning in the thirteenth century. 14 Medieval kinematics. 15 Thomas Bradwardine. 16 Nicole Oresme. 17 The latitude of forms. 18 Infinite series. 19 Decline of medieval learning. Chapter XV. The Renaissance 1 Humanism. 2 Nicholas of Cusa. 3 Regiomontanus. 4 Application of algebra to geometry. 5 A transitional figure. 6 Nicolas Chuquet’s Triparty. 7 Luca Pacioli’s Summa. 8 Leonardo da Vinci. 9 Germanic algebras. 10 Cardan’s Ars magna. 11 Solution of the cubic equation. 12 Ferrari’s solution of the quartic equation. 13 Irreducible cubics and complex numbers. 14 Robert [Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1985]  

33. A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
by Boyer Carl B. 
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34. A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS
by Boyer, Carl B. 
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Description: ISBN10: 0691023913, ISBN13: 9780691023915, [publisher: Princeton Univ Press, Princeton, NJ] Softcover First Edition Text/Near New. Illustrated yellow soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to lower front corner and back; cover has slight tendency to curl. Faint soiling to leading edge of fEP. History of mathematics with emphasis on chronological development and historical elements. Particulary cohert approach for students of history and intellectual thought in areas other than mathematics. Fine copy. [Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]  

35. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer, Carl Benjamin 
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36. A History of Mathematics.
by Boyer, Carl B.: 
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Description: ISBN10: 0691023913, ISBN13: 9780691023915, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Softcover XV, 717 p.: Ill. Lediglich der Einband ist leicht berieben, sonst ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar / Only the cover is slightly rubbed, otherwise a good and clean copy. - Contents Chapter I. Primitive Origins 1 The concept of number. 2 Early number bases. 3 Number language and the origin of counting. 4 Origin of geometry. Chapter II. Egypt 1 Early records. 2 Hieroglyphic notation. 3 Ahmes papyrus. 4 Unit fractions. 5 Arithmetic operations. 6 Algebraic problems. 7 Geometrical problems. 8 A trigonometric ratio. 9 Moscow papyrus. 10 Mathematical weaknesses. Chapter III. Mesopotamia 1 Cuneiform records. 2 Positional numeration. 3 Sexagesimal fractions. 4 Fundamental operations. 5 Algebraic problems. 6 Quadratic equations. 7 Cubic equations. 8 Pythagorean triads. 9 Polygonal areas. 10 Geometry as applied arithmetic. 11 Mathematical weaknesses. Chapter IV. Ionia and the Pythagoreans 1 Greek origins. 2 Thales of Miletus. 3 Pythagoras of Samos. 4 The Pythagorean pentagram. 5 Number mysticism. 6 Arithmetic and cosmology. 7 Figurate numbers. 8 Proportions. 9 Attic numeration. 10 Ionian numeration. 11 Arithmetic and logistic. Chapter V. The Heroic Age 1 Centers of activity. 2 Anaxagoras of Clazomenae. 3 Three famous problems. 4 Quadrature of lunes. 5 Continued proportions. 6 Hippias of Ellis. 7 Philolaus and Archytas of Tarentum. 8 Duplication of the cube. 9 Incommensurability. 10 The golden section. 11 Paradoxes of Zeno. 12 Deductive reasoning. 13 Geometrical algebra. 14 Democritus of Abdera. Chapter VI. The Age of Plato and Aristotle 1 The seven liberal arts. 2 Socrates. 3 Platonic solids. 4 Theodorus of Cyrene. 5 Platonic arithmetic and geometry. 6 Origin of analysis. 7 Eudoxus of Cnidus. 8 Method of exhaustion. 9 Mathematical astronomy. 10 Menaech- mus. 11 Duplication of the cube. 12 Dinostratus and the squaring of the circle. 13 Autolycus of Pitane. 14 Aristotle. 15 End of the Hellenic period. Chapter VII. Euclid of Alexandria 1 Author of the Elements. 2 Other works. 3 Purpose of the Elements. 4 Definitions and postulates. 5 Scope of Book I. 6 Geometrical algebra. 7 Books III and IV. 8 Theory of proportion. 9 Theory of numbers. 10 Prime and perfect numbers. 11 Incommensurability. 12 Solid geometry. 13 Apocrypha. 14 Influence of the Elements. Chapter VIII. Archimedes of Syracuse I The siege of Syracuse. 2 Law of the lever. 3 The hydrostatic principle. 4 The Sand-Reckoner. 5 Measurement of the circle. 6 Angle trisection. 7 Area of a parabolic segment. 8 Volume of a paraboloidal segment. 9 Segment of a sphere. 10 On the Sphere and Cylinder. 11 Book of Lemmas. 12 Semiregular solids and trigonometry. 13 The Method. 14 Volume ofa sphere. 15 Recovery of the Method. Chapter IX. Apollonius of Perga 1 Lost works. 2 Restorations of lost works. 3 The problem of Apollonius. 4 Cycles and epicycles. 5 The Conics. 6 Names of the conic sections. 7 The double-napped cone. 8 Fundamental properties. 9 Conjugate diameters. 10 Tangents and harmonic division. 11 The three-and-four-line locus. 12 Intersecting conics. 13 Maxima and minima, tangents and normals. 14 Similar conics. 15 Foci of conics. 16 Use of coordinates. Chapter X. Greek Trigonometry and Mensuration 1 Early trigonometry. 2 Aristarchus of Samos. 3 Eratosthenes of Cyrene. 4 Hipparchus of Nicaea. 5 Menelaus of Alexandria. 6 Ptolemy’s Almagest. 7 The 360 degree circle. 8 Construction of tables. 9 Ptolemaic astronomy. 10 Other works by Ptolemy. 11 Optics and astrology. 12 Heron of Alexandria. 13 Principle of least distance. 14 Decline of Greek mathematics. Chapter XI. Revival and Decline of Greek Mathematics 1 Applied mathematics. 2 Diophantus of Alexandria. 3 Nicomachus of Gerasa. 4 The Arithmetica of Diophantus. 5 Diophantine problems. 6 The place of Diophantus in algebra. 7 Pappus of A lexandria. 8 The Collection. 9 Theorems of Pappus. 10 The Pappus problem. 11 The Treasury of Analysis. 12 The Pappus-Guldin theorems. 13 Proclus of Alexandria. 14 Boethius. 15 End of the Alexandrian period. 16 The Greek Anthology. 17 Byzantine mathematicians of the sixth century. Chapter XII. China and India 1 The oldest documents. 2 The Nine Chapters. 3 Magic squares. 4 Rod numerals. 5 The abacus and decimal fractions. 6 Values of pi. 7 Algebra and Horner’s method. 8 Thirteenth-century mathematicians. 9 The arithmetic triangle. 10 Early mathematics in India. 11 The Sulvasutras. 12 The Siddhantas. 13 Aryabhata. 14 Hindu numerals. 15 The symbol for zero. 16 Hindu trigonometry. 17 Hindu multiplication. 18 Long division. 19 Brahmagupta. 20 Brahmagupta’s formula. 21 Indeterminate equations. 22 Bhaskara. 23 The Lilavati. 24 Ramanujan. Chapter XIII. The Arabic Hegemony 1 Arabic conquests. 2 The House of Wisdom. 3 Al-jabr. 4 Quadratic equations. 5 The father of algebra. 6 Geometric foundation. 7 Algebraic problems. 8 A problem from Heron. 9 Abd al-Hamid ibn-Turk. 10 Thabit ibn-Qurra. 11 Arabic numerals. 12 Arabic trigonometry. 13 Abu’l-Wefa and al- Karkhi. 14 Al-Biruni and Alhazen. 15 Omar Khayyam. 16 The parallel postulate. 17 Nasir Eddin. 18 Al-Kashi. CONTENTS Chapter XIV. Europe in the Middle Ages 1 From Asia to Europe. 2 Byzantine mathematics. 3 The Dark Ages. 4 Alcuin and Gerbert. 5 The century of translation. 6 The spread of Hindu-Arabic numerals. 7 The Liber abaci. 8 The Fibonacci sequence. 9 A solution of a cubic equation. 10 Theory of numbers and geometry. 11 Jordanus Nemor- arius. 12 Campanus of Novara. 13 Learning in the thirteenth century. 14 Medieval kinematics. 15 Thomas Bradwardine. 16 Nicole Oresme. 17 The latitude of forms. 18 Infinite series. 19 Decline of medieval learning. Chapter XV. The Renaissance 1 Humanism. 2 Nicholas of Cusa. 3 Regiomontanus. 4 Application of algebra to geometry. 5 A transitional figure. 6 Nicolas Chuquet’s Triparty. 7 Luca Pacioli’s Summa. 8 Leonardo da Vinci. 9 Germanic algebras. 10 Cardan’s Ars magna. 11 Solution of the cubic equation. 12 Ferrari’s solution of the quartic equation. 13 Irreducible cubics and complex numbers. 14 Robert [Berlin, Germany] [Publication Year: 1985]  

37. A History of Mathematics
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42. A History of Mathematics
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43. A History of Mathematics,
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44. A History of Mathematics
by Boyer Carl Benjamin 
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45. A History of Mathematics Boyer, Carl B.
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