The Mathematicians’ Library
Chalkdust
Thomas Briggs is a maths communicator, museum educator, and self declared maths fan. The Mathematicians’ Library (Waterstones, Bookshop.org), is his first book and is a tour of mathematical books through the ages.
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The Mathematicians’ Library has 6 chapters each focussed on a different time period. Starting in 40000 BCE and ending up in the modern day. The book is full of pictures of the books and documents that are being discussed and explanations of both the mathematics being discussed...