The Mathematicians' Library

An absorbing history highlighting over 30 of the most influential mathematical works and, with them, the shaping of human thought and science. From the 40,000-year-old Lebombo bone’s mysterious markings and the algebra of the Ancient Egyptian Ahmes Papyrus; to 21st century computer-generated fractal images and even mathematical crochet: all via works by Plato, Pythagoras, Euclid, Galileo, Einstein, and more. With globe-trotting examples from cultures ancient and modern, each text or artefact is profiled and illustrated, revealing its significance in the development of the numerical theories which govern our world. Richly illustrated with colour and black-and-white photographs and diagrams and including a helpful glossary: a history to make you think as much as it presents the history of thought itself.

Hardback
24 x 20.5cm
272 pages
Illustrated throughout in black-and-white and colour
FSC accredited paper