Of Men and Numbers

<p>Of Men and Numbers first published in 1963 is a fascinating look at the lives and works of history's greatest mathematicians. Beginning with the early Egyptians and Greeks such as Pythagoras Euclid and Archimedes author Jane Muir then describes in non-technical terms the discoveries and personal stories of math greats such as Descartes Pascal and Newton and continues with the important work of more recent mathematicians such as Nicholas Lobatchevsky Évariste Galois and Georg Cantor. Illustrated throughout with line drawings and figures.</p>