Short Account of the History of Mathematics

This is the classic resource on the history of math providing a deeper understanding of the subject and how it has impacted our culture, all in one essential volume. Only someone with the background of W.W. Rouse Ball could cover the origins of math with such breadth and expertise. Ball is the author of many respected textbooks and has worked with the foremost authorities in the field from all over Europe. From the early Greek influences to the middle ages and the renaissance to the end of the 19th-century, trace the fascinating foundation of mathematics as it developed through the ages.Ball, W. W. Rouse is the author of 'Short Account of the History of Mathematics', published 2002 under ISBN 9781402700545 and ISBN 1402700547.