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  • Glen Van Brummelen
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The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth
This chapter is in the book The Mathematics of the Heavens and the Earth
© 2021 Princeton University Press, Princeton

© 2021 Princeton University Press, Princeton

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface xi
  4. The Ancient Heavens 1
  5. 1 Precursors 9
  6. 2 Alexandrian Greece 33
  7. 3 India 94
  8. 4 Islam 135
  9. 5 The West to 1550 223
  10. Concluding Remarks 284
  11. Bibliography 287
  12. Index 323
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400833313-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface xi
  4. The Ancient Heavens 1
  5. 1 Precursors 9
  6. 2 Alexandrian Greece 33
  7. 3 India 94
  8. 4 Islam 135
  9. 5 The West to 1550 223
  10. Concluding Remarks 284
  11. Bibliography 287
  12. Index 323
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