Product Description
Among other things, Aaboe shows us how the Babylonians did calculations, how Euclid proved that there are infinitely many primes, how Ptolemy constructed a trigonometric table in his Almagest, and how Archimedes trisected the angle. Some of the topics may be familiar to the reader while the others will seem surprising or be new. By treating episodes, Aaboe is able to give the reader the details of representative pieces of ancient mathematics, bringing clarity and dispelling such myths as the assertion that the greeks allowed only ruler and compass in constructions.
Book Description
Among other things, Aaboe shows us how the Babylonians did calculations, how Euclid proved that there are infinitely many primes, how Ptolemy constructed a trigonometric table in his Almagest, and how Archimedes trisected the angle.
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