The Rainbow of Mathematics (Paperback)

Professor Ivor Grattan-Guinness; I Grattan-Guinness
W. W. Norton & Company
9780393320305
0-393-32030-8

For Ivor Grattan-Guinness . . . the story of how numbers were invented and harnessed is a passionate, physical saga.--The New Yorker. The author charts the growth of mathematics through the centuries and.

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describes the evolution of arithmetic and geometry, trigonometry, and other disciplines.