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Mathematics plays a major role in Der Untergang des Abendlandes – in outspoken contrast to two other grand and famous syntheses from the same epoch In total, H G Wells’ slightly more extensive Outline of History from 1920 thus offers no more than twelve references to the topic, all of them without any depth.
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Høyrup, J. (2018). Spengler and Mathematics in a Mesopotamian Mirror. In: Fink, S., Rollinger, R. (eds) Oswald Spenglers Kulturmorphologie. Universal- und kulturhistorische Studien. Studies in Universal and Cultural History. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14041-0_8
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