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1、AHistoryofMathematicsThispageintentionallyleftblankAHistoryofMathematicsFromMesopotamiatoModernityLukeHodgkin13GreatClarendonStreet,OxfordOX26DPOxfordUniversityPressisadepartmentoftheUniversityofOxford.ItfurtherstheUniversity’sobjectiveofexcellenceinresearch,scholarship,andeducationbypublishingwor
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5、oveshouldbesenttotheRightsDepartment,OxfordUniversityPress,attheaddressaboveYoumustnotcirculatethisbookinanyotherbindingorcoverandyoumustimposethesameconditiononanyacquirerBritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationDataDataavailableLibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationDataDataavailableTypesetbyNewge
6、nImagingSystems(P)Ltd.,Chennai,IndiaPrintedinGreatBritainonacid-freepaperbyAntonyRoweLtd.,Chippenham,WiltshireISBN0–19–852937–6(Hbk)978–0–19–852937–813579108642PrefaceThisbookhasitsorigininnoteswhichIcompiledforacourseonthehistoryofmathematicsatKing’sCollegeLondon,taughtformanyyearsbeforewepartedc
7、ompany.Mymajorchangeinoutlook(whichisresponsibleforitsform)datesbacktoadaytenyearsagoattheUniversityofWarwick,whenIwascomparingnotesonteachingwiththelateDavidFowler.Heexplainedhisownhistoryofmathematicscoursetome
