A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume I 1982 edition

1982 edition

examining the role of music in the early Protestant services of many European countries

who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science

methods of making a formal pact with the Devil

Thirty engaging illustrations by the great Victorian artist George Cruikshank — Dickens' illustrator of choice — complement the extensive excerpts of authentic Punch and Judy dialogue

A History of Greek Mathematics, Volume I 1982 edition"As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival." Times Literary Supplement. "Sir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian of the ancient exact sciences in the twentieth century." Professor W. H. Stahl "Indeed, seeing that so much of Greek is mathematics, it is arguable that, if one would understand the Greek genius fully, it would be a good plan to begin with their geometry." The perspective that enabled Sir Thomas