Stamping Through Mathematics
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780387989495
First sentence: From earliest times people have needed to be able to count and measure the objects around them.
Description: "The book contains almost four hundred postage stamps relating to mathematics, ranging from the earliest forms of counting to the modern computer age. Featured are many of the mathematicians who contributed to this story - influential figures, such as Pythagoras, Archimedes, Newton and Einstein - and some of the areas whose study aided this development - such as navigation, astronomy and art.".

"The stamps appear enlarged and in full colour with full historical commentary, and are listed at the end of the book."--BOOK JACKET.