Cover art for The Search for Certainty
Published
Dover, August 2012
ISBN
9780486474427
Format
Softcover, 224 pages
Dimensions
25.4cm × 17.8cm

The Search for Certainty A Journey Through the History of Mathematics 1800 - 2000 by

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Self-contained and authoritative, this history of mathematics is suited to those with no math background. Its absorbing, entertaining essays focus on the era from 1800 to 2000. Contributors include Henri Poincare, Judith V. Grabiner, and H. S. M. Coxeter, who discuss topics ranging from logic and infinity to Fermat's Last Theorem.

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