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... College ) LOGICIAN INVESTIGATOR OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVOLUTION ... THE GIFT OF MRS . CHARLES S. PEIRCE THROUGH THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS BY FLORIAN CAJORI ...
... College ) LOGICIAN INVESTIGATOR OF THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVOLUTION ... THE GIFT OF MRS . CHARLES S. PEIRCE THROUGH THE HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY A HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS MATHEMATICS BY FLORIAN CAJORI ...
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... 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 MACMILLAN AND CO . AND LONDON 1894 All rights reserved A E LIBRARY MRS . CHARLES S. PEIRCE ...
... 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 MACMILLAN AND CO . AND LONDON 1894 All rights reserved A E LIBRARY MRS . CHARLES S. PEIRCE ...
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... College , all of whom have afforded valuable assistance . I am specially indebted to Professor F. H. Loud , of Colorado College , who has read the proof - sheets throughout . To all the gentlemen above named , as well as to Dr. Carlo ...
... College , all of whom have afforded valuable assistance . I am specially indebted to Professor F. H. Loud , of Colorado College , who has read the proof - sheets throughout . To all the gentlemen above named , as well as to Dr. Carlo ...
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... the responsibility for errors which I may have introduced in subsequent revision of the text. FLORIAN CAJORI. Colorado College, December, 1893. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 ANTIQUITY 5 The Babylonians VI PREFACE.
... the responsibility for errors which I may have introduced in subsequent revision of the text. FLORIAN CAJORI. Colorado College, December, 1893. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page INTRODUCTION 1 ANTIQUITY 5 The Babylonians VI PREFACE.
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... 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 MACMILLAN AND CO . AND LONDON 1894 All rights reserved A Breuen uns LIBRARY 12 Or MRS ...
... 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 MACMILLAN AND CO . AND LONDON 1894 All rights reserved A Breuen uns LIBRARY 12 Or MRS ...
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