Congratulations to the thousand (editorial) ............................... 1--2

A letter of Al-Biruni: Habash al-Hasib's analemma for the qibla 
      E. S. Kennedy and Y. `Id ........................................... 3--11

An Archimedean tract of Immanuel Tov-elem (14th cent.) 
      N. L. Rabinovitch ................................................. 13--27

Hereditary stress as a cultural force in mathematics 
      R. L. Wilder ...................................................... 29--46

Yang Hui's commentary on the ying nu chapter of the  Chiu 
      chang suan shu 
      Lam L.-Y. ......................................................... 47--64

Übersiedlung eines deutschen Mathematikers von Braunschweig nach 
      Kazan im Jahre 1807/08.  Zur Biographie von M. Bartels, des Lehrers 
      von Gauss und Lobachevskij 
      K.-R. Biermann .................................................... 65--77

The earliest known record of California Indian numbers 
      B. B. Hughes, OFM ................................................. 79--82

Henry Wilbraham and Gibbs Phenomenon in 1848 
      F. Ustina ......................................................... 83--84

SOURCES ............................................................. 85--86, 90

A note on mathematical papers in the archives of the Royal Institution 
      of Great Britain 
      J. R. Friday ...................................................... 85--86

BOOK REVIEWS ........................................................... 95--112

Abriss der Geschichte der Mathematik, by D. J. Struik 
      (C. Lemaire) ...................................................... 95--96

Diofant i diofantovy uravneniya (Diophantus and diophantine equations)      
      by I. G. Bashmakova 
      (A. P. Gittleman) ................................................. 96--97

Razvitie teorii chisel v Rossii (The development of number theory
      in Russia) by E. P. Ozhigova 
      (Clas-Olof Selenius) .................................................. 97

Classical and modern integration theories by Ivan N. Pesin 
      (E. J. Barbeau) ................................................... 97--98

A computer perspective by the office of Charles and Ray Eames 
      (Henry S. Tropp) ................................................. 99--100

Differential equations: with applications and historical notes by      
      George F. Simmons 
      (Carl B. Boyer) ................................................. 100--102

Mathematics in civilization by H. L. Resnikoff and R. O. Wells, Jr. 
      (J. L. Berggren) ................................................ 102--106

A history of set theory by Philip E. Johnson 
      (Robert McGuigan) ............................................... 106--108

Arabic arithmetic. The arithmetic of Aba al-Wafa' al-Buzajani, 10th      
      century by A. S. Saidan 
      (G. P. Matvievskaya) ............................................ 108--112

ABSTRACTS ................................................................ 113--126, 28         

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