The story of mathematics /
Mankiewicz, Richard.
The story of mathematics / Richard Mankiewicz ; [foreword by Ian Stewart]. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000] - 192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index.
Machine generated contents note: foreword by Ian stewart -- preface -- year zero -- watchers of the skies -- the pythagorean theorem -- the elements -- ten computational canons -- mathematical sutras -- the house of wisdom -- the liberal arts -- the renaissance perspective -- mathematics for the common wealth -- the marriage of algebra and geometry -- the clockwork universe -- mathematics in motion -- oceans and stars -- the quintic -- new geometries -- dialects of algebra -- fields of action -- catching infinity -- of dice and genes -- war games -- mathematics and modern art -- machine codes -- chaos and compleHity -- acknowledgements a select bibliography -- index.
069108808X
00107068
Mathematics--History.
QA21 / .M24 2000
510/.9
The story of mathematics / Richard Mankiewicz ; [foreword by Ian Stewart]. - Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000] - 192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index.
Machine generated contents note: foreword by Ian stewart -- preface -- year zero -- watchers of the skies -- the pythagorean theorem -- the elements -- ten computational canons -- mathematical sutras -- the house of wisdom -- the liberal arts -- the renaissance perspective -- mathematics for the common wealth -- the marriage of algebra and geometry -- the clockwork universe -- mathematics in motion -- oceans and stars -- the quintic -- new geometries -- dialects of algebra -- fields of action -- catching infinity -- of dice and genes -- war games -- mathematics and modern art -- machine codes -- chaos and compleHity -- acknowledgements a select bibliography -- index.
069108808X
00107068
Mathematics--History.
QA21 / .M24 2000
510/.9