Uta Caecilia Merzbach (February 9, 1933 - June 27, 2017) on Learning and Change(published by RevoltSource) |
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German-American Historian of Mathematics who became the First Curator of Mathematical Instruments at the Smithsonian Institution
: A German-American historian of mathematics who became the first curator of mathematical instruments at the Smithsonian Institution. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“Using a typical Greek indirect proof we establish the theorem by demolishing the alternatives...”
Source: "A History of Mathematics," by Uta C. Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011. Chapter 4: Hellenic Traditions, Page 87.
"A History of Mathematics," by Uta C. Merzbach and Carl B. Boyer, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
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