A Manual of Greek MathematicsClarendon Press, 1931 - 552 pagina's |
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Pagina 82
... Thales ' mathematics and astronomy . All the traditions about his mathematics , except that recording his definition of a ' number ' , relate to his geometry . They are as follows : ( a ) Measurement of height of pyramid . Thales evoked ...
... Thales ' mathematics and astronomy . All the traditions about his mathematics , except that recording his definition of a ' number ' , relate to his geometry . They are as follows : ( a ) Measurement of height of pyramid . Thales evoked ...
Pagina 83
... Thales ' was the first to describe on a circle a triangle ( which shall be ) right- angled , and that he sacrificed an ox ( on the strength of the discovery ) ' . This must apparently mean that Thales dis- covered that the angle in a ...
... Thales ' was the first to describe on a circle a triangle ( which shall be ) right- angled , and that he sacrificed an ox ( on the strength of the discovery ) ' . This must apparently mean that Thales dis- covered that the angle in a ...
Pagina 89
... Thales as astronomer . Thales was the first Greek astronomer . Every one knows the story of his falling into a well when star - gazing , and being rallied by ' a clever and pretty maidservant from Thrace ' ( as Plato has it ) for being ...
... Thales as astronomer . Thales was the first Greek astronomer . Every one knows the story of his falling into a well when star - gazing , and being rallied by ' a clever and pretty maidservant from Thrace ' ( as Plato has it ) for being ...
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INTRODUCTORY 1 157 | 1 |
NUMERICAL NOTATION AND PRACTICAL CAL | 11 |
PYTHAGOREAN ARITHMETIC | 36 |
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