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The Scribal Art

  • Paul Lockhart
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The Mending of Broken Bones
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© 2025 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2025 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. The Scribal Art vii
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. NUMBERS 12
  6. IDEALIZATION 36
  7. THE CONTINUUM 64
  8. ABSTRACTION 84
  9. ELEMENTARY METHODS 113
  10. QUADRATIC METHODS 140
  11. FORM AND CONTENT 169
  12. ELIMINATION 188
  13. CUBIC AND QUARTIC 202
  14. COMPLEX NUMBERS 225
  15. FACTORIZATION 254
  16. SYMMETRY 280
  17. SOLVABILITY 309
  18. ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY 343
  19. INDEX 373
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674300460-001

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS v
  3. The Scribal Art vii
  4. INTRODUCTION 1
  5. NUMBERS 12
  6. IDEALIZATION 36
  7. THE CONTINUUM 64
  8. ABSTRACTION 84
  9. ELEMENTARY METHODS 113
  10. QUADRATIC METHODS 140
  11. FORM AND CONTENT 169
  12. ELIMINATION 188
  13. CUBIC AND QUARTIC 202
  14. COMPLEX NUMBERS 225
  15. FACTORIZATION 254
  16. SYMMETRY 280
  17. SOLVABILITY 309
  18. ALGEBRAIC GEOMETRY 343
  19. INDEX 373
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