RESNIKOFF, H.L. & WELLS,JR., R.O.
Mathematics in Civilization.
New York: Dover Publications Inc, 1984. 0486246744. Examines "how the developments and discoveries of mathematics shaped and were shaped by the course of human events. In a format suited to college-level studies and general popular reading, the authors explore trigonometry, navigation, catography, logarithms, algebra, and calculus through ancient, medieval, post-Renaissance, and modern times. This Dover edition..has been newly expanded to include a supplement on twentieth-century problems and their historical contexts, and provides solutions to problems at the end of each chapter." Pp.viii/408. Paperback, minor edge wear. VG.

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