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<p>'Nicely written, expertly researched.' - Times Literary Supplement<br><br>'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies<p>'This book is engagingly written; and it is a pleasure to entrust oneself to Cuomo's choices.' - Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science

'Nicely written, expertly researched.' - Times Literary Supplement 'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies 'This book is engagingly written; and it is a pleasure to entrust oneself to Cuomo's choices.' - Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science ''Nicely written, expertly researched.' - Times Literary Supplement 'Ancient Mathematics provides a rich and diverse picture of mathematics in ancient Greece and Rome. With C. history of mathematics sheds its ahistoricity and gets its hands dirty.' - Journal of Roman Studies

The mathematics in question includes not only research ... but also what we would nowadays call 'numeracy' or 'mathematical literacy.' This allows her to look broadly at all sections of of ancient society, not just the educated classes with the leisure for scholarship. As a result, Ancient Mathematics combines mathematics and social history. <br>-Anne Mahoney, Tufts University, New England Classical Journal, vol. 29.3 2002 <br>... this fascinating book will be useful in classical civilization classes as well as history of mathematics classes. <br>-Anne Mahoney, Tufts University, New england Classical Journal, Vol. 29.3 2002 <br>

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