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The Free-to-Read Side of Things

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This is where the covers may be old, but the ideas remain alive. Here you will find public domain books that shaped the field of Ancient Science — freely available to read, quote, annotate, or simply enjoy at your own pace.

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Gow, James

A Short History of Greek Mathematics

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Heath, Thomas

A History of Greek Mathematics (vol. 1)

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Heath, Thomas

A History of Greek Mathematics (vol. 2)

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Heath, Thomas

A Manual of Greek Mathematics

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Heath, Thomas

Apollonius of Perga: Treatise on Conic Sections

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Heath, Thomas

Archimedes: Works

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Heath, Thomas

Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus

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Heath, Thomas

Diophantus of Alexandria: a Study in the History of Greek Algebra

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Heath, Thomas

Euclid in Greek, Book I, With Introduction and Notes

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Heath, Thomas

Greek Astronomy

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Heath, Thomas

Mathematics in Aristotle

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Heath, Thomas

The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements (vol. 1)

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Heath, Thomas

The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements (vol. 2)

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Heath, Thomas

The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements (vol. 3)

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Jones, Alexander

Pappus of Alexandria: Book 7 of the Collection

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Klein, Jacob

Greek Mathematical Thought and the Origin of Algebra

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Knorr, Wilbur

Textual Studies in Ancient and Medieval Geometry

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Knorr, Wilbur

The Ancient Tradition Of Geometrical Problems

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Kuhn, Thomas

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

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Lasserre, Francois

Die Fragmente des Eudoxos von Knidos

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Didn’t find what you were looking for? Don’t despair.

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Projects like the Internet Archive and the Online Books Page host thousands of public domain titles—many of them rare, obscure, or just waiting to be rediscovered.​ Treasure hunts aren’t just for archaeologists!

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