Cajori's
A History of Mathematics (1894) was the first popular presentation of the
history of mathematics in the United States.This book covers the period from
antiquity to the close of World War I, with major emphasis on advanced
mathematics and, in particular, the advanced mathematics of the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries.
Cajori's
A History of Mathematics (1894) was the first popular presentation of the
history of mathematics in the United States.This book covers the period from
antiquity to the close of World War I, with major emphasis on advanced
mathematics and, in particular, the advanced mathematics of the nineteenth and
early twentieth centuries.
Levi
Leonard Conant was an American mathematician specializing in trigonometry. The
title of this work might lead the reader to suppose that it is principally
mathematical, but the treatment adopted by the anthropological. It is a study
of the evolution of the idea of number in primitive conditions and the
survivals of early forms in later stages of culture.