The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences (The Norton History of Science)
"Grattan-Guinness differs from other comprehensive historians of math by spending more time on the 19th century..."  --Publishers Weekly,19 October 1998Brilliant: a most impressive scientific work. . . . Stylistically it combines the content of an encyclopedia with the chronology of narrative.  --Professor Hans Wussig, University of LeipzigGrattan-Guinness has achieved a synthesis here of remarkable historical and mathematical scope and sensitivity. His book is a 'must read' for historians of science and mathematics, as well as mathematicians.  --Professor Karen Hunger Parshall, editor ofHistoria MathematicaSeveral features make this history unique: its lengthy discussion of the 19th century; its heavy emphasis on the importance of applications as a source of mathematical progress; the author's distinction between ways that theories are discovered; discussion of probability and statistics; inclusion of important lesser figures; and consideration of national differences in the study of mathematics.  --Book News, Inc