"1. The human mind is so constructed that it must see every perception in a time-relation—in an order—and every percep…"

"The fact that arithmetic and geometry took such a notable step forward... was due in no small measure to the introduc…"

"The excellent work of Tropfke is an example of the tendency to break away from the mere chronological recital of facts."

"More than any of his predecessors Plato appreciated the scientific possibilities of geometry. .. By his teaching he l…"

"Grégoire de Saint-Vincent... was a Jesuit, taught mathematics in Rome and Prag (1629-1631), and was afterwards called…"

"Of the contemporaries of Newton one of the most prominent was John Wallis. ...Wallis was a voluminous writer, and not…"

"In 1673 he wrote his great work De Algebra Tractatus; Historicus & Practicus, of which an English edition appeared in…"

"Wallis was in sympathy with Greek mathematics and astronomy, editing parts of the works of Archimedes, Eutocius, Ptol…"

"His writings include works on mechanics, sound, astronomy, the tides, the laws of motion, the Torricellian tube, bota…"

"The field of mathematics is now so extensive that no one can [any] longer pretend to cover it, least of all the speci…"