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1. Paul Tannery (1843 - 1904) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Tannery_Paul/

   21 Dec 2023: This was granted and, although he did not remain there for very long, it proved a period in which his work on the history of Greek geometry flourished. ... He published a history of Greek science in 1887, a history of Greek geometry in the same year, and

2. Greek sources II - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Greek_sources_2/

   10 Jul 2023: In the 5th century AD, Proclus wrote his Commentary on Euclid which is our principal source of knowledge about the early history of Greek geometry. ... show). T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics I, II (Oxford, 1921).

3. Mathematics at Aberdeen 1 - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Education/Aberdeen_1/

   7 Mar 2023: The Arts curriculum was to be widened with greater emphasis on Arithmetic and Geometry and to include teaching of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Physiology, Geography, Astronomy and History, whilst Philosophy played a ... Greek. Mathematics did not appear until

4. R L Wilder: "Cultural Basis of Mathematics II" - MacTutor…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/Cultural_Basis_II/

   7 Mar 2023: He would include a great deal about computing with numbers and solving equations; but there wouldn't be any geometry as the Greek understood it in his history, simply because it ... On the other hand, if A were a Greek of 200 A.D., his history of

5. Dinostratus (390 BC - 320 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Dinostratus/

   7 Mar 2023: G J Allman, Greek geometry from Thales to Euclid (Dublin, 1889). ... T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics I (Oxford, 1921).

6. Abraham Seidenberg (1916 - 1988) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Seidenberg/

   2 Jun 2023: Seidenberg contributed important research to commutative algebra, algebraic geometry, differential algebra, and the history of mathematics. ... For example Peg and cord in ancient Greek geometry (1959) in which he argues that the whole of Greek geometry

7. Horace Lamb addresses the British Association in 1904 - MacTutor…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Extras/BA_1904_1/

   7 Mar 2023: His treatise on the history of Greek Geometry, full of learning and sound mathematical perception, is written with great simplicity and an entire absence of pedantry or dogmatism. ... The detailed study of the geometry of a continuous deformable medium

8. Doubling the cube - MacTutor History of Mathematics

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Doubling_the_cube/

   7 Mar 2023: T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics I (Oxford, 1931). ... I Thomas, Selections illustrating the history of Greek mathematics : Vol 1 (From Thales to Euclid) (London, 1967).

9. Menaechmus (380 BC - 320 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

   https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Menaechmus/

   7 Mar 2023: T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921). ... G J Allman, Greek Geometry from Thales to Euclid (Dublin-London, 1889), 153-179.

10. Stefanie Ursula Eminger PhD thesis PDF (4136k)

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Publications/Eminger.pdf

    1 Sep 2015: highlighted. A selection of Rudio’s contributions to the history of mathematics is studied as well. ... Neither achieved lasting mathematical fame, but both made valuable contributions in related fields, such as education and the history of mathematics.