Infinite Ascent : A Short History of Mathematics (Modern Library Chronicles)

The best-selling author of Advent of the Algorithm and A Tour of the Calculus traces the history of mathematics over the course of 2,500 years, profiling ten important developments and figures in math, including Pythagorus, Euclid, Descartes, Leibniz, and Cantor, among others. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.