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Florian Cajori. Library of Princeton University . Dei NOV TAM TVM Sub Numine Viget Mathematical Seminary . Presented by A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS BY FLORIAN.
Florian Cajori. Library of Princeton University . Dei NOV TAM TVM Sub Numine Viget Mathematical Seminary . Presented by A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS BY FLORIAN.
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... UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ; NOW PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN COLORADO COLLEGE " I am sure that no subject loses more than mathematics by any attempt to dissociate it from its history . " — J. W. L. GLAISHER New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY ...
... UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA ; NOW PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS IN COLORADO COLLEGE " I am sure that no subject loses more than mathematics by any attempt to dissociate it from its history . " — J. W. L. GLAISHER New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY ...
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... University of Wisconsin ; to Dr. G. B. Halsted , of the University of Texas ; Professor L. M. Hoskins , of the Leland Stanford Jr. University ; and Professor G. D. Olds , of Amherst College , all of whom have afforded valuable ...
... University of Wisconsin ; to Dr. G. B. Halsted , of the University of Texas ; Professor L. M. Hoskins , of the Leland Stanford Jr. University ; and Professor G. D. Olds , of Amherst College , all of whom have afforded valuable ...
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... university of Alexandria . He founded the great Library and built labo- ratories , museums , a zoological garden , and promenades . Alex- andria soon became the great centre of learning . Demetrius Phalereus was invited from Athens to ...
... university of Alexandria . He founded the great Library and built labo- ratories , museums , a zoological garden , and promenades . Alex- andria soon became the great centre of learning . Demetrius Phalereus was invited from Athens to ...
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... universities . What was their attitude toward mathematics ? The University of Paris , so famous at the beginning of the twelfth century under the teachings of Abelard , paid but little attention to this science during the Middle Ages ...
... universities . What was their attitude toward mathematics ? The University of Paris , so famous at the beginning of the twelfth century under the teachings of Abelard , paid but little attention to this science during the Middle Ages ...
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