Compact, well-written survey ranges from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, covering Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "A work which is unquestionably one of the best." -- Nature .
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Compact, well-written survey ranges from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, covering Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "A work which is unquestionably one of the best." -- Nature .
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I bought this for my husband who had checked it out of the library and wanted his own copy. He says that at 67 years old, he has learned about many significant, interesting events in the history of mathematics from this book.
