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

832 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

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He charts the growth of mathematics through its refinement by ancient Greeks and then medieval Arabs, to its systematic development by Europeans from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century. This book describes the evolution of arithmetic a...

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