Makers of Mathematics

Stuart HollingdalePenguin2002436 pp.paperback: GBP£9.99 (inc. postage)Order: The Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend on Sea,Essex.SS1 1EF, UK. (There is a special rate for Institute Members)Information: email: natalie@ima.org.uk

Keywords: Cybernetics, Publications, Mathematics

This book provides a fascinating and eminently readable account of the history of mathematics as it is revealed in the lives and writings of the most distinguished practitioners of the art. Desartes, Fermat, Pascal, Newton,Leibniz, Euler, Gauss, Hamilton, Babbage and Einstein – the figures that have dominated the science of mathematics have been many and varied. In this account of their lives the author explains the part these gifted and often colouful figures have played in the development of mathematics and how their work relates to the discipline. The author discusses major historical themes and explains new ideas and techniques.