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How mathematics happened; the first 50,000 years.
Rudman, Peter S.
Prometheus Books
2007
314 pages
$26.00
Hardcover
QA22
Rudman (physics, emeritus, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology) takes a rigorous but fun look back at the roots of mathematics, assuring us that mathematics did not come about as the result of a curse or sin. Probably. With exercises, examples, illustrations and some of the most ...