Struik, Dirk J

A Concise History of Mathematics - 4th reved. - New York Dover Publications 1987 - 228p.

This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. \The author\'s ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best

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Mathematics --History.

510.9 STR-C / 1987