A History of Mathematics

Foreword by Isaac Asimov xi

Preface to the Third Edition xiii

Preface to the Second Edition xv

Preface to the First Edition xvii

1 Traces 1

Concepts and Relationships 1

Early Number Bases 3

Number Language and Counting 5

Spatial Relationships 6

2 Ancient Egypt 8

The Era and the Sources 8

Numbers and Fract...