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“History of Mathematics" Anyone have good book recommendations?

• eigenvalue 6y ago
  The World of Mathematics by James R. Newman is a classic, filled with great biographies and short essays about various parts of math.
• orange3xchicken 6y ago
  I just finished The Nothing That Is - it was alright. The illustrations were cool, but the writing and content were only okay imo. I really enjoyed Fermat's Last Theorem. I've also heard good things about - Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea - Journey Through Genius
• snicker7 6y ago
  "Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke" by Vladimir Arnold (would literally recommend any of his books).
• Koshkin 6y ago
  Stillwell's Mathematics and Its History.
  • joycian 6y ago
    Seconding this. His other books are great as well (Reverse Mathematics, Naive Lie Theory). Great writer.