From Five Fingers to Infinity: A Journey Through the History of MathematicsFrank J. Swetz This collection of 114 articles presents an entertaining and user- friendly history of human thought by way of the discipline of mathematics. Suitable for readers with no mathematical background beyond balancing a checkbook, as well as those more mathematically inclined. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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PART IIIN THE BEGINNING | 43 |
HISTORICAL EXHIBIT 2 1 | 52 |
Ancient Mathematics and the Development of Primitive Culture | 61 |
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