01905cam a2200337 i 4500 269569600 TxAuBib 20010405120000.0 000724s2000||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 00107068 9780691088082 069108808X 9780691120461 0691120463 (OCoLC)45989644 TxAuBib rda Mankiewicz, Richard. The story of mathematics / Richard Mankiewicz ; [foreword by Ian Stewart.]. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2000] 192 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-189) and index. Year zero -- Watchers of the skies -- The Pythagorean theorem -- The elements -- Ten computational canons -- Mathematical sutras -- The house of wisdom -- The liberal arts -- The Renaissance perspective -- Mathematics for the common wealth -- The marriage of algebra and geometry -- The clockwork universe -- Mathemathics in motion -- Oceans and stars -- The quintic -- New geometries -- Dialects of algebra -- Fields of action -- Catching infinity -- Of dice and genes -- War games -- Mathematics and modern art -- Machine codes -- Chaos and complexity. This visually arresting volume takes the reader on an illustrated tour of mathematics across cultures and civilizations, bringing to life a world of important ideas and also great intrigue and charm. It is a rich amalgam of history, biography and popular science. Illustrations and halftones. 20010405. Mathematics History. Mathématiciens. Mathématiques Histoire.