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I am looking for a book that have important works of mathematicians before 21st century. I am not looking for any particular mathematician but it will be nice if the matter is arranged in topic wise format, like all great works in algebra etc. I am not looking for historical or philosophical books but the original works, edited to suit modern symbols and language.

Thanks a lot.

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    There are some sourcebooks, perhaps some that have translations and modern notation, not sure http://bookstore.ams.org/hmath-10/ – 2017-01-08

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You could try "God Created the Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs That Changed History" by Stephen Hawking. I think it fits your description accurately, except maybe (IIRC) the modern notation part.

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    What do you mean by IIRC? Anyways the book looks really amazing thanks for the suggestion. – 2017-01-08
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    @JonathanRichardLombardy "IIRC" means "If I recall correctly". – 2017-01-08
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You could try and own a book that talks about Ramanujan's lost notebook. The finders of the book laid out the assertions he made in context with contemporary mathematics. This book is the 8th listed here.