TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jackson,Tom
AU  - Jackson,Tom
TI  - Mathematics: an illustrated history of numbers 
T2  - Ponderables
SN  - 9780985323042
AV  - QA 21 M426 2012
U1  - 510.9 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Shelter Harbor Press
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
KW  - Matemáticas
KW  - Historia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (page 140) and index; Prehistory to the Middle Ages -- The Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment -- New numbers, new theories -- Modern mathematics
N2  - Counting, measuring, and calculating are as old as civilization itself, as are many of the theorems and laws of math. This book tells the fascinating stories behind mathematical discoveries. The 12-page foldout timeline sets the saga of mathematics against the backdrop of world history
ER  -