European Mathematical Awakening - Frank J. Swetz - Bog - Dover Publications Inc. - Plusbog.dk
A global survey of the historyof mathematics, this collectionof 32 articles traces the subject from AD 1000 to 1800. Newlycorrected and updated, the highly readable essays by suchdistinguished educators as Carl Boyer and Morris Kline introducefascinating studies by Fibonacci, Descartes, Cardano,Kepler, Galileo, Pascal, Newton, Euler, and others. Suitablefor readers with no background in math.Reprint of selected material from From Five Fingers to Infinity:A Journey Through the History of Mathematics, Open CourtPublishing Company, Chicago, 1994.