I've spent a long career trying to establish a few solid relationships between mathematics and the sciences of mind. Thus, it is truly a great pleasure to read a book on such a vast and deep subject as the history of mathematics and be thoroughly able to trust the author's knowledge of it through chapter after chapter.
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Approximately every three years, I teach a course in the history of mathematics. It is one of my favorite math courses to teach, because it allows me to delve into the historical and cultural context of the development of mathematics. Among other things, I was a history minor in college, and if you learn anything in that field, it is that events are never isolated. Everything takes place in a social, economic, cultural and...
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This book is a fascinating look at the history of mathematics, and is sure to inspire even the most devout haters of numbers.
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