The Handy Math Answer Book

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HISTORY

HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS ... 3

What Is Mathematics?... Early Counting and Numbers...

Mesopotamian Numbers and Mathematics... Egyptian Numbers

and Mathematics... Greek and Roman Mathematics... Other

Cultures and Early Mathematics... Mathematics after the Middle

Ages... Modern Mathematics

MATHEMATICS THROUGHOUT

HISTORY ... 37

The Creation of Zero and Pi... Development of Weights

and Measures... Time and Math in History...

Math and Calendars in History

Contents

INTRODUCTION xi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii

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