Mathematics Illustrated Dictionary: Facts, Figures and People, Including the New Math

Over 150 entries define mathematical principles, terms, symbols, and abbreviations, and present short profiles of work of famous mathematicians. An appendix includes tables of mathematical symbols, formulas, weights and measures, and square roots, and logarithms.Some 2,000 old and new terms defined and often illustrated with brief biographies of great mathematicians. Includes many cross-references