For more than forty years, this book has been the reference of choice for those looking to learn about the fascinating history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theore…
This book teaches about the history of humankind's relationship with numbers, shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-date coverage of topics such as Fermat's Last Theorem and the Poincare conjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finite group…
Chinese mathematics: a concise history
by Li, Yan, Dù, Shirán
fromOxford science publications
These articles cover analysis; geometry, topology, and foundations; algebra and number theory; and surveys. Other topics include the history of the parallel postulate, the development of logics between the two World Wars, the foundation period in the history of group theory, and…
The heritage of Thales
by Anglin, William S., Lambek, Joachim
fromUndergraduate texts in mathematics