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Greek Mathematics

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By B. L. Van der Waerden. (English translation by Arnold Dresden.) Pp. ii + 306 + 28 plates. (Groningen: P. Noordhoff, Ltd., 1954.) 19 florins; 5 dollars.

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CALVERT, H. Greek Mathematics. Nature 175, 1053–1054 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/1751053a0

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