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Makers of Mathematics

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The story of mathematics, from the time man first began to use his ten fingers for counting until he mastered the abstractions of the infinitesimal calculus, is an epic of search and discovery in the realm of pure thought.

Author(s): Alfred Hooper
Publisher: Faber
Year: 1961

Language: English
Pages: 402
Tags: Mathematics;Algebra;Trigonometry;Calculus;Logarithms;History;Newton;Leibniz;Gauss;

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Foreword......Page 7
I. The Birth of Numbers......Page 13
II. The Birth of Geometry and the Golden Age of Greek Mathematics......Page 37
III. The Invention of Algebra......Page 75
IV. The Development of Trigonometry......Page 117
V. The Invention of Logarithms......Page 179
VI. Preparing the Ground for Newton and Leibniz......Page 204
VII. Newton......Page 284
VIII. Leibniz, Gauss and Others......Page 335
Books for Further Reading......Page 397
Index A (Historical)......Page 401
Index B (Mathematical)......Page 405