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Online notes for Math 15, Math for Liberal Arts taught in the Fall 2016 semester at Laney College by Prof. Hubbard.

Monday, August 24, 2015

Link to the life stories of four famous mathematicians


Click on this link to read the life stories of Archimedes, Newton, Euler and Gauss.

Posted by Prof. Hubbard at 5:11 AM
Labels: biographies, Math history.

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