Sherlock Holmes in Babylon: And Other Tales of Mathematical History

Cover ; Copyright page ; Title Page ; Introduction; Contents; Ancient Mathematics; Foreword; Sherlock Holmes in Babylon R. CREIGHTON BUCK; Words and Pictures: New Light on Plimpton 322 ELEANOR ROBSON; 1 Introduction; 2 Turning the tables on generating functions; 3 Circling round trigonometry; 4 Words count too: reciprocal pairs; 4 Words count too:reciprocal pairs; 4 Words count too:reciprocal pairs; References; Mathematics, 600 B.C.-600 A.D. MAX DEHN; 1 600 B.C.-400 B.C.; 2 400 B.C.-300 B.C.; 3 300 B.C.-200 B.C.; 4 200 B.C.-600 A.D.; Diophantus of Alexandria J.D. SWIFT; 1 Introduction.