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...inski]]''' (born 1942) is an American author who has written books about [[mathematics]] and the [[w:history of science|history of science]] as well as fiction. A <small> All quotes from the trade paperback edition, published by Vintage Books, {{ISBN|0-679-74788-5}} (February 1997), 4th printing </small><br><small> I ...

...91 – November 8, 1858) was an English mathematician and author of books on mathematics and a biography of [[Thomas Young (scientist)|Thomas Young]]. He became a d ...to have acquired a better system by the publication of improved elementary books. I have considerable influence as a lecturer, and I will not neglect it. It ...

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...ns as medicine and economics. Abstract algebra is a major area in advanced mathematics, studied primarily by professional mathematicians. {{mathematics-stub}} ...

In [[mathematics]], two quantities are in the '''[[w:golden ratio|golden ratio]]''' if their {{mathematics-stub}} ...

...bra", was an Alexandrian Greek mathematician and the author of a series of books called ''Arithmetica'' (c. 250 AD), many of which are now lost. Diophantus ** As quoted by [[Thomas Little Heath]], ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=ABkPAAAAIAAJ Diophantos of Alexandria:] A Study in the History of Greek ...

...ivil servant, mathematician, classical scholar, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, translator, and mountaineer. Heath translated works of [[Euclid]] of Alexa ...eral rule there are two most striking exceptions, in different branches of mathematics, Diophantos and [[Pappus of Alexandria|Pappos]]. These two mathematicians, ...

...constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The thirteen books cover [[Euclidean geometry]] and the ancient Greek version of elementary [[ ...wise noted, as '''translated by''' [[Thomas Little Heath]], ''The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements'' (1908)<br /> '''Intro, Bks 1-2: [https://archive.org ...

...ddle of the twentieth century it was attempted to divide [[physics]] and [[mathematics]]. The [[consequences]] turned out to be catastrophic.]] ...s on sums of prime numbers were elevated to supposedly central problems of mathematics. ...

...). Einstein's goal in the lectures was to give an overview of the physics, mathematics, and basic thinking for both [[Special relativity|special relativity theory **[https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691164083/the-meaning-of-relativity The Meaning of Relativity ...

...oste frontispiece in<br />[[Adolphe Quetelet]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GbQ_AAAAcAAJ ''Simon Stevin'']<br />(1850)</center>]] ...ce of letters or sciences—which condition had its origin in the burning of books through troubles, wars, and destructions; afterwards affairs could, with a ...

...wo [[w:Vector (mathematics and physics)|vector]]s. It is studied in [[pure mathematics]] and applied to [[mechanics]] in three-dimensional space. Quaternions have current practical applications in [[applied mathematics]], particularly for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations, suc ...

...erior, Bulletin of the Geological Survey No. 54, [https://books.google.com/books?id=NqkPAAAAIAAJ source]</small> ...ne of Chances|Doctrine of Chances]]' '''one regrets that so much excellent mathematics should have been wasted on games most of which are wholly obsolete'''. [[w: ...

* '''We have had no theory to exploit, for the [[history of mathematics]] has seen too much of this tendency'''... we have weighed the testimony an ...w more clearly the value of our number system, and shall make the study of mathematics seem more real to the teacher and student, and shall offer material for int ...

..., for otherwise they would not have put so much labor into writing so many books in which the very sequence of the propositions shows that they did not have * The most influential mathematics textbook of ancient times is easily named, for the ''[[Euclid’s Elements|El ...

...me are enormously difficult. The fools who write the textbooks of advanced mathematics—and they are mostly clever fools—seldom take the trouble to show you how ea ** Reference [[Jonathan Swift]], [http://books.google.com/books?id=GmIJAAAAQAAJ ''On Poetry: A Rapsody''] ...

...nt Greek: γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") is a branch of [[mathematics]] concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, an ** [[Eric Temple Bell]], ''The Development of Mathematics'' (1940) ...

...ematics'' (1888) "The First Alexandrian School," [https://books.google.com/books?id=U9zuAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA60 p. 60.] ...], ''Mathematical Recreations and Essays'' (1920) [http://books.google.com/books?id=umTkAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA40 pp. 40-43]. ...

'''''Lectures on Elementary Mathematics''''' (1898) is the earliest English translation of [[Joseph Louis Lagrange] ...iophantus]]... the only one which we owe to the ancients in this branch of mathematics. ...I speak of the Greeks only, for the Romans have left nothing in the sci ...

...lized mathematical theories and proofs is the key difference between Greek mathematics and those of preceding civilizations. ...reek Mathematics (1921) Vol. 1. From Thales to Euclid|''A History of Greek Mathematics'' (1921) Vol. 1. ''From Thales to Euclid'']]<br />[[#Science Awakening (195 ...