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Page xv
... Says De Morgan , " The early history of the mind of men with regard to mathe- matics leads us to point out our own errors ; and in this respect it is well to pay attention to the history of mathe- matics . " It warns us against hasty ...
... Says De Morgan , " The early history of the mind of men with regard to mathe- matics leads us to point out our own errors ; and in this respect it is well to pay attention to the history of mathe- matics . " It warns us against hasty ...
Page xvi
... says De Morgan , " is to square the circle with the old allowance of means : Euclid's postulates and nothing more . We cannot remember an instance in which a question to be solved by a definite method was tried by the best heads , and ...
... says De Morgan , " is to square the circle with the old allowance of means : Euclid's postulates and nothing more . We cannot remember an instance in which a question to be solved by a definite method was tried by the best heads , and ...
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... says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and Strassmaier ' threw considera- ble light on Babylonian chronology and ...
... says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and Strassmaier ' threw considera- ble light on Babylonian chronology and ...
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... says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and Strassmaier ' threw considera- " ble light on Babylonian chronology ...
... says that these were sent to Aristotle . Ptolemy , the Alexandrian astrono- mer , possessed a Babylonian record of eclipses going back to 747 B.C. Recently Epping and Strassmaier ' threw considera- " ble light on Babylonian chronology ...
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... says : " At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth ; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him , and he was the inventor of many arts , such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry ...
... says : " At the Egyptian city of Naucratis there was a famous old god whose name was Theuth ; the bird which is called the Ibis was sacred to him , and he was the inventor of many arts , such as arithmetic and calculation and geometry ...
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