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Author Resnikoff, H. L.

Title Mathematics in civilization / H. L. Resnikoff, R. O. Wells, Jr
Published New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1973]
©1973

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Description xi, 372 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Contents Number systems and the invention of positional notation -- Egyptian arithmetic -- Babylonian algebra -- Greek trigonometry: the introduction of inequalities and the measurement of area -- Navigation -- Cartography -- The invention of logarithms -- The algebrization of geometry -- Infinitesimal calculus -- The calculus and calculation -- Differential geometry -- Models of the universe -- Table 1: Common (Briggsian) logarithms -- Table 2: Natural logarithms -- Table 3: Exponential functions -- Table 4: Trigonometrical functions
Analysis Mathematics History
Mathematics, to 1972
Notes Bibliographyp.349-352. _ Includes index
Bibliography Bibl.pages 349-352. - Index
Subject Mathematics -- History.
Author Wells, R. O., Jr. (Raymond O'Neil), 1940-
LC no. 72083805
ISBN 0030850355