The rainbow of mathematics : a history of the mathematical sciences /
Mathematical sciences
Ivor Grattan-Guinness.
- 817 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
"Originally published in England [in 1997] under the title The Fontana history of the mathematical sciences: the rainbow of mathematics. First American edition published 1998 under the title The Norton history of the mathematical sciences"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronicles the evolution of all major aspects of mathematics from the Babylonian and Egyptian mathematicians of antiquity through the scientific and mathematical discoveries of the early twentieth century.