The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics - Third Edition by George Gheverghese Joseph

The Crest of the Peacock: Non-European Roots of Mathematics - Third Edition

George Gheverghese Joseph

561 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics science challenging informative slow-paced
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From the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, The Crest of the Peacock makes it clear that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking....

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