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History of Mathematics, Vol. 1 by David E. Smith ISBN: 0486204294 Dover Publications Price: $28.95 click here to see this book Volume 1 of an unusually clear and readable 2-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Non-technical chronological survey with thousands of biographical notes, critical evaluations, contemporary opinions on over 1,100 mathematicians. Table of Contents for History of Mathematics, Vol. 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY "PRONUNCIATION, TRANSLITERATION, AND SPELLING OF PROPER NAMES" I. PREHISTORIC MATHEMATICS 1. IN THE BEGINNING 2. PRIMITIVE COUNTING 3. GEOMETRIC ORNAMENT 4. MYSTICISM TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION II. THE HISTORIC PERIOD DOWN TO 1000 B.C. 1. GENERAL VIEW 2. CHINA 3. INDIA 4. BABYLON 5. EGYPT TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION III. THE PERIOD FROM 1000 B.C. TO 300 B.C. 1. THE OCCIDENT IN GENERAL 2. THE GREEKS 3. ORIGINS OF GREEK MATHEMATICS 4. FROM PYTHAGORAS TO PLATO 5. INFLUENCE OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLE 6. THE ORIENT TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION IV. THE PERIOD FROM 300 B.C. TO 500 A.D. 1. THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA 2. EUCLID 3. ERATOSTHENES AND ARCHIMEDES 4. APOLLONIUS AND HIS SUCCESSORS 5. PERIOD OF MENELAUS 6. PTOLEMY AND HIS SUCCESSORS 7. DIOPHANTUS AND HIS SUCCESSORS 8. THE ORIENT TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION V. THE PERIOD FROM 500 TO 1000 1. CHINA 2. JAPAN 3. INDIA 4. PERSIA AND ARABIA 5. THE CHRISTIAN WEST 6. THE CHRISTIAN EAST 7. SPAIN TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION VI. THE OCCIDENT FROM 1000 TO 1500 1. CHRISTIAN EUROPE FROM 1000 TO 1200 2. ORIENTAL CIVILIZATION IN THE WEST 3. CHRISTIAN EUROPE FROM 1200 TO 1300 4. CHRISTIAN EUROPE FROM 1300 TO 1400 5. CHRISTIAN EUROPE FROM 1400 TO 1500 TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION VII. THE ORIENT FROM 1000 TO 1500 1. CHINA 2. JAPAN 3. INDIA 4. PERSIA AND ARABIA TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION VIII. THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 1. GENERAL CONDITIONS 2. ITALY 3. FRANCE 4. ENGLAND 5. GERMANY 6. THE NETHERLANDS 7. SPAIN 8. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 9. THE ORIENT 10. THE NEW WORLD TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION IX. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY 1. GENERAL CONDITIONS 2. ITALY 3. FRANCE 4. GREAT BRITAIN 5. GERMANY 6. THE NETHERLANDS 7. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 8. THE ORIENT TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION X. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY AND AFTER 1. GENERAL CONDI 2. GREAT BRITAIN 3. FRANCE 4. GERMANY 5. ITALY 6. SWITZERLAND 7. OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES 8. UNITED STATES 9. THE ORIENT 10. THE HISTORIANS OF MATHEMATICS TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE INDEX

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