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  1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Heath, 2009-10-29
  2. English-Greek Dictionary of Pure and Mathematics (with Greek-English Appendices) Volume 2 only by Memas Kolaitis, 1976-01-01
  3. Diophantus of Alexandria: A Study in the History of Greek Algebra by Thomas L. heath, 2009-04-30
  4. Greek geometry from Thales to Euclid by George Johnston Allman, 1877
  5. The Bequest of the Greeks. by Tobias, Dantzig, 1969-01
  6. Greek mathematics and the architects to Justinian (AARP) by John Warren, 1976
  7. The Visual Poetics of Power: Warriors, Youths, and Tripods in Early Greece (Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches) by Nassos Papalexandrou, 2005-02
  8. Books IV to VII of Diophantus' Arithmetica: In the Arabic Translation Attributed to Qusta ibn Luqa (Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical ... Indo-European Edition) (Bk. IV-VII, v. 3) by Jacques Sesiano, 1982-11-17
  9. Science Awakening I: Egyptian, Babylonian and Greek Mathematics by B. L. Van Der Waerden, 2005-06-15
  10. Universal Mathematics Aris CB by CROWLEY, 1980-02-01
  11. Diocles - On Burning Mirrors: The Arabic Translation of the Lost Greek Original (Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) (English and Indo-European Edition)
  12. A History of Greek Mathematics, Two Volume Set by Sir Thomas Heath, 1960
  13. Hero of Alexandria: Greek mathematics, History of Ptolemaic Egypt, Hellenistic civilization, Alexandria, Steam engine, Aeolipile, Windmill, Atomism, Wind ... of Alexandria, Serapeum, Heron's formula
  14. Selections Illustrating the History of Greek Mathematics by (GREEK MATHEMATICAL WORKS), 1941

101. BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Greeks 'borrowed Egyptian Numbers'
From BBC, The classical pioneers of mathematics, astronomy and physics borrowed their number system from Egypt, research suggests.
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Talk ... Newswatch Last Updated: Monday, 15 September, 2003, 13:31 GMT 14:31 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Greeks 'borrowed Egyptian numbers'
By Paul Rincon
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The astronomers, physicists and mathematicians of ancient Greece were true innovators. Ancient Greeks used letters and extra symbols to represent digits But one thing it seems the ancient Greeks did not invent was the counting system on which many of their greatest thinkers based their pioneering calculations. New research suggests the Greeks borrowed their system known as alphabetic numerals from the Egyptians, and did not develop it themselves as was long believed. Greek alphabetic numerals were favoured by the mathematician and physicist Archimedes, the scientific philosopher Aristotle and the mathematician Euclid, amongst others. Trade explosion An analysis by Dr Stephen Chrisomalis of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, showed striking similarities between Greek alphabetic numerals and Egyptian demotic numerals, used in Egypt from the late 8th Century BC until around AD 450. Both systems use nine signs in each "base" so that individual units are counted 1-9, tens are counted 10-90 and so on. Both systems also lack a symbol for zero.

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