100 great problems of elementary mathematics

their history and solution.

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100 great problems of elementary mathematics

their history and solution.

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Problems that beset Archimedes, Newton, Euler, Cauchy, Gauss, Monge and other greats, ready to challenge today's would-be problem solvers. Among them: How is a sundial constructed? How can you calculate the logarithm of a given number without the use of logarithm table? No advanced math is required. Includes 100 problems with proofs. - Publisher.

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Dover Publications
Language
English
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393

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"A new translation of the unabridged text of the fifth edition ... published by the Physica-Verlag, Würzburg, Germany, in 1958 under the title Triumph der Mathematik: Hundert berühmte Probleme aus zwei Jahrtausenden mathematischer Kultur."

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Dewey Decimal Class
510.76
Library of Congress
QA43 .D613 1965

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x, 393 p.
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393

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65014030
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OL1352774W

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