From the Book - 1st American ed.
The Amerindians and number
Ancient Greek fantasies about number
The Indian love-affair with number
The Arabs: renaissance of number and science
Francis Bacon and new directions
John Napier: the rationalisation of arithmetic
The Newtonian revolution: the marriage of craftsmanship and scholarship
Babbage, the great unknown
Machines which (or who?) think
The nature of scientific change.
