Math Through the Ages : A Gentle History for Teachers and Others

This is a beautiful, important book, a pleasure to read. - Barry Mazur, Harvard University. Designed for students just beginning their study of the discipline, this concise introductory history of mathematics is supplemented by 30 brief but in-depth sketches of the more important individual topics.

Covering such subjects as algebra symbols, negative numbers, the metric system, quadratic equations, and much more, this widely adopted work will invite and encourage further study.