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Almost the whole of Greek science and philosophy begins with Thales.

— Thomas Little Heath Achimedes (1920)

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Greek mathematics reveals an important aspect of the Greek genius of which the student of Greek culture is apt to lose sight.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

If one would understand the Greek genius fully, it would be a good plan to begin with their geometry.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

The problem of doubling the cube was henceforth tried exclusively in the form of the problem of the two mean proportionals.

Achimedes (1920)

Aristotle would... by no means admit that mathematics was divorced from aesthetic; he could conceive, he said, of nothing more beautiful than the objects of mathematics.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

It is... the author's confident hope that this book will give a fresh interest to the story of Greek mathematics in the eyes both of mathematicians and of classical scholars.

A History of Greek Mathematics (1921)

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