The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences

ISBN-13: 9780393320305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 830 str.

Ivor Grattan-Guinness; I. Grattan-Guinness

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