Mathematics, second edition, Volume 1: Its Contents, Methods, and Meaning (Mathematics (Mit Press)): 9780262510059: Aleksandrov, A. D., Kolmogorov, A. N., Lavrent'Ev, M. A.

A comprehensive exposition of mathematics, tracing the history and cultural significance of mathematical ideas from antiquity to the present day.Mathematics, which originated in antiquity in the needs of daily life, has developed into an immense system of widely varied disciplines.