The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences by Ivor Grattan-Guinness

The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences

Ivor Grattan-Guinness

817 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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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 g...

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