Arithmetic and algebra in the ancient world. 3rd edition. Vygodsky M.Ya.

A real book, written by one of the founders of the Soviet school of the history of mathematics M. Ya. Vygodsky, is devoted to the history of elementary mathematics. The book is based on the desire to introduce the reader to the actual material by primary sources. A coherent presentation of the material is given, which is striving to give as a whole picture of the history of arithmetic and algebra in the ancient world (Egypt, Babylon, Greece), to find out the circumstances and causes of various account methods and methods for solving problems.

The book is calculated For a wide range of readers, including high school students and mathematics teachers.

it will also be interesting to specialists - mathematicians and historians of science.