Download or read book The Fontana History of the Mathematical Sciences written by I. Grattan-Guinness and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an exploration of the development of mathematics, from the ancient to the modern world. It covers all the major aspects of the discipline - early geometry, the growth of calculus and mechanics, the development of algebra, and the interplay between mathematics and modern physics.