Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Babylonian Mathematics
- Chapter 2 Early Greek Mathematics and Euclid's Construction of the Regular Pentagon
- Chapter 3 Three Samples of Archimedean Mathematics
- Chapter 4 Ptolemy's Construction of a Trigonometric Table
- Ptolemy's Epicyclic Models
- Solutions to Problems
- Bibliography
Frontmatter
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Babylonian Mathematics
- Chapter 2 Early Greek Mathematics and Euclid's Construction of the Regular Pentagon
- Chapter 3 Three Samples of Archimedean Mathematics
- Chapter 4 Ptolemy's Construction of a Trigonometric Table
- Ptolemy's Epicyclic Models
- Solutions to Problems
- Bibliography
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- Information
- Episodes from the Early History of Mathematics , pp. i - viiiPublisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 1998