ABSTRACT
To understand why mathematics exists and why it is perpetuated one must know something of its history and of the lives and results of famous mathematicians. This three-volume collection of entertaining articles will captivate those with a special interest in mathematics as well as arouse those with even the slightest curiosity about the most sophisticated sciences.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
part one: Historical Sketches
part |1 pages
part two: Some Mathematical Lives
part |2 pages
part three: The Development of Mathematics