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