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"How to Read Historical Mathematics is definitely a significant contribution. There is nothing similar available. It will be a very important resource in any course that makes use of original sources in mathematics and to anyone else who wants to read seriously in the history of mathematics."--Victor J. Katz, editor of The Mathematics of Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, India, and Islam
Preface vii Chapter 1: What Does It Say? 1 Chapter 2: How Was It Written? 21 Chapter 3: Paper and Ink 49 Chapter 4: Readers 73 Chapter 5: What to Read, and Why 92 Bibliography 111 Index 115