Ancient Mathematicians

120 Pages·2008·12.243 MB·English

by  Rob Staeger

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Profiles in
Mathematics:
Ancient
Mathematicians
Rob Staeger
MORGAN
REYNOLDS
PUBLISHING
Greensboro, North Carolina

Profiles
in
Mathematics
Alan Turing
Rene' Descartes
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Sophie Germain
Pierre de Fermat
Ancient Mathematicians
Women Mathematicians
PROFILES IN MATHEMATICS
ANCIENT MATHEMATICIANS
Copyright © 2009 By Rob Staeger
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Staeger, Rob.
Ancient mathematicians / by Rob Staeger.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59935-065-3
ISBN-10: 1-59935-065-3
1. Mathematicians—Biography. 2. Mathematicians—Greece—Biography.
3. Mathematics, Ancient. 4. Mathematics, Greek. I. Title.
QA28.S73 2007
510.92’238—dc22
[B]
2008007533
Printed in the United States of America
First Edition