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  • Babylonian mathematical tablet
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    …which were made, that of Johannes Campanus (c. 1250; first printed in 1482) was easily the most popular, serving as a textbook for many generations. Such redactions of the Elements were made to help students not only to understand Euclid’s textbook but also to handle other, particularly philosophical, questions suggested…

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    …which were made, that of Johannes Campanus (c. 1250; first printed in 1482) was easily the most popular, serving as a textbook for many generations. Such redactions of the Elements were made to help students not only to understand Euclid’s textbook but also to handle other, particularly philosophical, questions suggested…

    Read More