The Development of Mathematics Author:E. T. Bell Filled with compelling insights of special interest to every mathematician, engineer and scientist, this time-honored study by one of the 20th century’s foremost scholars and interpreters of the history and meaning of mathematics, surveys the roled played by mathematics in the evolution of civilization. It describes clearly the main princi... more »ples, methods and theories of mathematics that have survived from about 4000 BC to 1945. 1945 edition.« less