杏吧原创

Review : . . . and curiouser

10 May 1997

You may find The Fontana History of Mathematical Sciences (Fontana,
拢12.99, ISBN 0 00 686179 2) a useful book to have around for those
seriously interested in the development of mathematics. Ivor Grattan-Guinness
takes no prisoners: let your attention wander and you鈥檒l never disentangle your
Russell from your Frege . . .

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