Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation by Joseph Mazur

PRINCETON: PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2014, 312 PP., US $29.95, ISBN 978-0-691-15463-3

  • Reviews
  • Osmo Pekonen, Editor
  • Published:
The Mathematical Intelligencer Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • F. Cajori, A History of Mathematical Notations, Open Court Publishing Company, 1928, 1929.

  • S. Chrisomalis, Numerical Notation: A Comparative History, Cambridge University Press, 2010.

  • K. Menninger, Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers, MIT Press, 1969.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 55057, USA

    Rafe Jones

Authors
  1. Rafe Jones
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Rafe Jones.

Additional information

Feel like writing a review for The Mathematical Intelligencer? Contact the column editor if you wish to submit an unsolicited review, or if you would welcome being assigned a book to review.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Jones, R. Enlightening Symbols: A Short History of Mathematical Notation by Joseph Mazur . Math Intelligencer 38, 85–86 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-015-9589-y

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-015-9589-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation