Midonick henrietta ed (1 Ergebnisse)

2 volumes, 18 × 11 cm, paperbacks, 416 pages & 416 pages, text in English, foot of spine volume 2 slightly damaged, paper browned, otherwise in very good condition, see picture. A sourcebook of mathematical writings with biographical and historical introductions, revised by Matina and Reginald Vesey. Volume 1 covers 'The Beginnings' and 'Mathematics from the East', including selections from Babylonian tablets, Egyptian papyri, Greek mathematics, and Indian and Chinese sources. Volume 2 deals with 'Further Development' and 'Algebraic Geometry and Calculus', featuring works from Diophantus, Ptolemy, al-Khwarizmi, Fibonacci, Viète, Descartes, Fermat, and others. 560g.…