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... Paris , 1883-1888 . 15. COMTE , A. Philosophy of Mathematics , translated by W. M. GIL- LESPIE . 16. HANKEL , HERMANN . Die Entwickelung der Mathematik in den letz- ten Jahrhunderten . Tübingen , 1884 . 17. GÜNTHER , SIEGMUND und ...
... Paris , 1883-1888 . 15. COMTE , A. Philosophy of Mathematics , translated by W. M. GIL- LESPIE . 16. HANKEL , HERMANN . Die Entwickelung der Mathematik in den letz- ten Jahrhunderten . Tübingen , 1884 . 17. GÜNTHER , SIEGMUND und ...
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... Paris , 1886 . 82. BJERKNES , C. A. Niels - Henrik Abel , Tableau de sa vie et de son action scientifique . Paris , 1885 . 83. TUCKER , R. " Carl Friedrich Gauss , " Nature , April , 1877 . 84. DIRICHLET , LEJEUNE . Gedächtnissrede auf ...
... Paris , 1886 . 82. BJERKNES , C. A. Niels - Henrik Abel , Tableau de sa vie et de son action scientifique . Paris , 1885 . 83. TUCKER , R. " Carl Friedrich Gauss , " Nature , April , 1877 . 84. DIRICHLET , LEJEUNE . Gedächtnissrede auf ...
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... Paris was found a copy of the Elements believed to be anterior to Theon's recension . Many variations from Theon's version were noticed therein , but they were not at all important , and showed that Theon generally made only verbal ...
... Paris was found a copy of the Elements believed to be anterior to Theon's recension . Many variations from Theon's version were noticed therein , but they were not at all important , and showed that Theon generally made only verbal ...
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... Paris and made an extract from the Almagest con- taining only the most elementary parts of that work . This extract was for nearly 400 years a work of great popularity and standard authority . Other prominent writers are Albertus Magnus ...
... Paris and made an extract from the Almagest con- taining only the most elementary parts of that work . This extract was for nearly 400 years a work of great popularity and standard authority . Other prominent writers are Albertus Magnus ...
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... 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 . Geometry was neglected , and Aris- totle's logic was the favourite study . In ...
... 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 . Geometry was neglected , and Aris- totle's logic was the favourite study . In ...
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