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Anatomy of Mathematics

A History of Mathematics

From Antiquity to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century. By Dr. J. F. Scott. Pp. xii + 266 + 6 plates. (London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd., 1958.) 63s. net.

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BROADBENT, T. Anatomy of Mathematics. Nature 182, 211–212 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182211a0

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