Book ID: CBB000074413

The Fontana history of the mathematical sciences: The rainbow of mathematics (1997)

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Grattan-Guinness, Ivor (Author)


Fontana Press


Publication Date: 1997
Physical Details: viii + 817 pp.; illus.; bibl.; index

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Review Smillie, K. (1998) Review of "The Fontana history of the mathematical sciences: The rainbow of mathematics". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (p. 85). unapi

Review Fraser, C. (2000) Review of "The Fontana history of the mathematical sciences: The rainbow of mathematics". Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology (p. 310). unapi

Review Charles, M.S. De Mora (1997) Review of "The Fontana history of the mathematical sciences: The rainbow of mathematics". Llull: Revista de la Sociedad Española de Historia de las Ciencias y de las Técnicas (p. 784). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Grattan-Guinness, Ivor
Cooke, Roger M.
Ravetz, J. R.
Journals
Annals of Science: The History of Science and Technology
British Journal for the History of Science
Historia Mathematica
Nature
Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society
Mathematical Chronicle (Univ. Auckland)
Publishers
Birkhäuser
Elsevier
Johns Hopkins University Press
Routledge
Concepts
Mathematics
Primary literature (historical sources)
Pseudoscience
Science, general histories
Numerology
Anthologies
Time Periods
19th century
Places
France
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