A Short Account of the History of Mathematics
by W. W. Rouse Ball
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This is a new printing, the first inexpensive one, of one of the most honored histories of mathematics of all time. When the last revised edition appeared in 1908, it was hailed by mathematicians and laymen alike, and it remains one of the clearest, most authoritative, and most accurate works in the field. Mathematicians welcomed it as a lucid overview of the development of mathematics down through the centuries. Laymen welcomed it as a work which gave them an opportunity to understand the show more development of one of the most recondite and difficult of all intellectual endeavors, and the individua show lessTags
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Tony Shalhoub as narrator is impeccable, even wry in this high-level history of mathematics. Credit is given to the Greeks (Ionia) with a lengthy look at the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus. This small piece may even be a bit controversial as its casts aside any evidence of ancient Chinese mathematical advances as being the incorrect assumptions of 16th Century Jesuit missionaries.
5 stars for Tony Shalhoub, 3 stars for the brevity. I understand this Audible presentation is meant to be a "help me sleep" sort of thing, and it is good for that purpose. But I need more of Tony Shalhoub channeling his character from The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, please.
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- Original publication date
- 1888
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- Preface -- The subject-matter of this book is a historical summary of the development of mathematics, illustrated by the lives and discoveries of those to whom the progress of the science is mainly due.
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- Note. The fourth edition was stereotyped in 1908, but no material changes have been made since the issue of the second edition in 1893, other duties having, for a few years, rendered it impossible for me to find time for any ... (show all)extensive revision.
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