Introducing Mathematics

Traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing accessible introduction to such topics as number-systems, geometry and algebra, the calculas, the theory of the infinite, statistical reasoning and chaos theory.

Introducing Mathematics traces the story of mathematics from the ancient world to modern times, describing the great discoveries and providing an accessible introduction to such topics as number-systems, geometry and algebra, calculus, the theory of the infinite, statistical reasoning and chaos theory.