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5、tannicaguidetogeometry/editedbyRobertCurley.—1sted.p.cm.—(Mathexplained)“InassociationwithBritannicaEducationalPublishing,RosenEducationalServices.”Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN978-1-61530-217-8(eBook)1.Geometry—History.2.Mathematicians—Biography.I.Curley,Robert,1955–QA443.5.B75

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7、eWealth25AncientGeometry:AbstractandApplied2625TheThreeClassicalProblems26DoublingtheCube27TrisectingtheAngle27SquaringtheCircle28IdealizationandProof29TheEuclideanSynthesis30GnomonicsandtheCone32AstronomyandTrigonometry33Ca