N 1964 at the World's Fair in New York I City one room was dedicated solely to mathematics. The display included a very at- tractive and informative mural, about 13 feet long, sponsored by one of the largest com- puter manufacturing companies and present- ing a brief survey of the history of mathemat- ics. Entitled, "Men of Modern Mathematics," it gives an outline of the development of that science from approximately 1000 B. C. to the year of the...