A short history of Greek mathematics
By: James Gow
Series: Cambridge library collection -- Classics
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: und
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781108009034
Description: James Gow's A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884) provided the first full account of the subject available in English, and it today remains a clear and thorough guide to early arithmetic and geometry. Beginning with the origins of the numerical system and proceeding through the theorems of Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes and many others, the Short History offers in-depth analysis and useful translations of individual texts as well as a broad historical overview of the development of mathematics. Parts I and II concern Greek
Notes: [Nachdruck der Ausg.] Cambridge 1884
Table of contents: title: Part I. Prolegomena to Arithmetic: 1. The decimal scale; 2. Egyptian arithmet Part II. Greek Arithmetic: 3. Calculation; 4. Greek theory of numbers; Part III. Greek Geometry: 5. Prehistoric and Egyptian geometry; 6. Greek geometry to Euclid; 7. Euclid, Archimedes, Apollonius; 8. The second century B.C.; 9. From Geminus to Ptolemy; 10. Last years; Index.