The updated new edition of the classic and comprehensive guideto the history of mathematics For more than forty years, A History of Mathematics has been thereference of choice for those looking to learn about thefascinating history of humankind’s relationship with numbers,shapes, and patterns. This revised edition features up-to-datecoverage of topics such as Fermat’s Last Theorem and the PoincaréConjecture, in addition to recent advances in areas such as finitegroup theory and computer-aided proofs. Distills thousands of years of mathematics into a single,approachable volume Covers mathematical discoveries, concepts, and thinkers, fromAncient Egypt to the present Includes up-to-date references and an extensive chronologicaltable of mathematical and general historical developments. Whether you're interested in the age of Plato and Aristotle orPoincaré and Hilbert, whether you want to know more about thePythagorean theorem or the golden mean, A History of Mathematics
