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Praise for William Dunhams Journey Through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics "Dunham deftly guides the reader through the verbal and logical intricacies of major mathematical questions and proofs, conveying a splendid sense of how the greatest mathematicians from ancient to modern times... read more
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“Archimedes' bold proposition easily implied Euclid's relatively tame result that the areas of two circles are in the same ratio as the squares upon their diameters”
First Sentence
"Our knowledge of the very early development of mathematics is largely speculative, pieced together from archaeological fragments, architectural remains, and educated guesses."
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- William Dunham (Author)
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