Kopp, Ekkehard <br/><br/>
Making up numbers  : a history of invention in mathematics 
/ Ekkehard Kopp 
 - 1 online resource (267 pages) :  illustrations 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Prologue : naming numbers Chapter 1. Arithmetic in antiquity Chapter 2. Writing and solving equations Chapter 3. Construction and calculation Chapter 4. Coordinates and complex numbers Chapter 5. Struggles with the infinite Chapter 6. From calculus to analysis Chapter 7. Number systems Chapter 8. Axioms for number systems Chapter 9. Counting beyond the finite Chapter 10. Solid foundations? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781800640979 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mathematics --History<br/>Inventions--Mathematical models
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books