COMPANION ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES VOL.1

Edited by Grattan-Guinness (emeritus, history of mathematics and logic, Middlesex U., UK), this first of two volumes presents 83 articles on various aspects of the intellectual evolution of mathematics from its beginnings to the 20th century. Six broad categories are covered in this volume: ancient and non-Western traditions; the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; calculus and mathematical analysis; functions, series, and methods in analysis; logic, set theories, and the foundations of mathematics; and algebras and number theory.