Book ID: CBB000773717

Amazing Traces of a Babylonian Origin in Greek Mathematics (2007)

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Friberg, Jöran (Author)


World Scientific


Publication Date: 2007
Physical Details: xx + 476 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Sequel to Book; Friberg, Jöran; Unexpected Links between Egyptian... (2005) [650547].


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Review Unguru, Sabetai (2008) Review of "Amazing Traces of a Babylonian Origin in Greek Mathematics". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 821). unapi

Review Sidoli, Nathan (2008) Review of "Amazing Traces of a Babylonian Origin in Greek Mathematics". Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science (p. 141). unapi

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Steele, John M.
Schiefsky, Mark
Zhao, Jiwei
Yusta, Piedad
Williams, Clemency J.
Wang, Peng-yun
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Archive for History of Exact Sciences
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