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 | Math Through the Ages: A Gentle History for Teachers and Others, Expanded Edition (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks) (2nd Edition) by William P. Berlinghoff, Fernando Quadros Gouvêa, Fernando Q. Gouvea, William Watkins Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2003 ISBN-10: 0-88385-736-7 / 0883857367 ISBN-13: 978-0-88385-736-6 / 9780883857366 This is an expanded edition of a popular book on the history of mathematics. Where did math come from? Who thought up all those algebra symbols, and why? What's the story behind ...negative numbers? ...the metric system? ...quadratic equations? ...sine and cosine? The 25 independent sketche | |