A Short Account of the History of MathematicsW.W. Rouse BallThis standard text treats hundreds of figures and schools instrumental in the development of mathematics, from the Phoenicians to such 19th-century giants as Grassman, Galois, and Riemann.
I. Egyptian and Phoenician Mathematics
II. The Ionian and Pythagorean Schools. Circ. 600 b.c.–400 b.c.
III. The Schools of Athens and Cyzicus. Circ. 420–300 b.c.
IV. The First Alexandrian School. Circ. 300–30 b.c.
V. The Second Alexandrian Scho...
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