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  1. Greek sources I - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Greek_sources_1/

    7 Mar 2023: The relations between the different versions of a large number of Greek mathematical manuscripts was brilliantly worked out by the Danish scholar J L Heiberg towards the end of the 19th ... T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics I, II (Oxford, 1931).

  2. Francesco Barozzi (1537 - 1604) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    12 Apr 2024: To understand events in Barozzi's life we need to look briefly at the history of Crete. ... Francesco attended school in Padua where he learnt Greek and Latin, then he studied at the University of Padua where mathematics was part of his course.

  3. Callippus (370 BC - 310 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    7 Mar 2023: T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921). ... O Neugebauer, A history of ancient mathematical astronomy (New York, 1975).

  4. Greek astronomy - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: A Berry, A short history of astronomy (New York, 1961). D R Dicks, Early Greek Astronomy to Aristotle (London, 1970). ... J L E Dreyer, A history of astronomy from Thales to Kepler (New York, 1953).

  5. Democritus (460 BC - 370 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: W K C Guthrie, A history of Greek philosophy (six vols.) (Cambridge, 1962-81). ... T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics I (Oxford, 1921).

  6. Aristarchus (310 BC - 230 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    30 Dec 2023: For example Heath begins Volume II of his history of Greek mathematics with the words [5]:-. ... T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics I, II (Oxford, 1931).

  7. Eutocius (480 - 540) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    7 Mar 2023: It is instructive to see how this came about for it shows how many pitfalls there are in the study of history. ... T L Heath, A History of Greek Mathematics (2 Vols.) (Oxford, 1921).

  8. - MacTutor History of Mathematics

    https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HMTM/2006/

    7 Mar 2023: Questions and answers on Árpád Szabó's theory of the history of ancient Greek mathematics. ... Agnes Tuska (California State University, Fresno, USA), How do prospective Secondary Teachers Plan to Use the History of Mathematics?

  9. Walter Rouse Ball (1850 - 1925) - Biography - MacTutor History of…

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

    25 Jan 2024: his History of Mathematics (long and valuable though it is) was the work of a mind fundamentally interested in philosophical questions. ... Rouse Ball wrote A short account of the history of mathematics (1888) which provided a very readable and popular

  10. Diophantus (200 - 284) - Biography - MacTutor History of Mathematics

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

    30 Dec 2023: T L Heath, Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra (New York, 1964). ... T L Heath, A history of Greek mathematics 2 (Oxford, 1931).