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Infinite Ascent: A Short History Of Mathematics
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Hardcover
from Modern Library (September 1, 2005)
9780679642343 | details & prices | 197 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $21.95
About: Traces the history of mathematics over the course of 2,500 years, profiling ten important developments and figures, including Pythagoras, Euclid, Descartes, Leibniz, and Cantor.
About: Traces the history of mathematics over the course of 2,500 years, profiling ten important developments and figures, including Pythagoras, Euclid, Descartes, Leibniz, and Cantor.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Modern Library (January 8, 2008)
9780812978711 | details & prices | 197 pages | 5.20 × 8.00 × 0.45 in. | 0.35 lbs | List price $14.00
About: The best-selling author of Advent of the Algorithm and A Tour of the Calculus traces the history of mathematics over the course of 2,500 years, profiling ten important developments and figures in math, including Pythagorus, Euclid, Descartes, Leibniz, and Cantor, among others.
About: The best-selling author of Advent of the Algorithm and A Tour of the Calculus traces the history of mathematics over the course of 2,500 years, profiling ten important developments and figures in math, including Pythagorus, Euclid, Descartes, Leibniz, and Cantor, among others.