From Five Fingers to Infinity is a nice thick (but readable) tome. (m)

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Posted by Debra in TX on 18:18 Jan 11

In Reply to: Mathy People: Good history of math book? (m) posted by SPH

On my to-read list are A History of Mathematics by Carl Boyer and The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics by
George Joseph. These were recommended on the LCC Yahoo group IIRC.

Hope that helps. :)

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• Will check this one out. Thanks. nt - SPH 18:48 Jan 11 (0)

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