Download or read book The Story of Mathematics written by Anne Rooney and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long ago, the earliest human civilisations discovered the strange and fascinating quality of particular numbers and wove them into their superstitions and religions. Numbers have entranced people ever since. This book tells the story of mankind through mathematics, from cave dwelling to modern life.