Mankiewicz, Richard. <br/><br/>
The story of mathematics / 
Richard Mankiewicz ; [foreword by Ian Stewart]. 
 - Princeton, N.J. :  Princeton University Press,  [2000] 
 - 192 p. :  ill. (some col.), col. maps ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-189) and index. 
<br/><br/>Year zero -- Watchers of the skies -- The Pythagorean theorem -- The elements -- Ten computational canons -- Mathematical sutras -- The house of wisdom -- The liberal arts -- The Renaissance perspective -- Mathematics for the common wealth -- The marriage of algebra and geometry -- The clockwork universe -- Mathemathics in motion -- Oceans and stars -- The quintic -- New geometries -- Dialects of algebra -- Fields of action -- Catching infinity -- Of dice and genes -- War games -- Mathematics and modern art -- Machine codes -- Chaos and complexity. 
<br/><br/> This visually arresting volume takes the reader on an illustrated tour of mathematics across cultures and civilizations, bringing to life a world of important ideas and also great intrigue and charm. It is a rich amalgam of history, biography and popular science. Illustrations and halftones. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>069108808X 9780691088082 0691120463 (pbk.) 9780691120461 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00107068 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics--History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QA 21  / .M23 2000