It is at the same time a history of language, a guide to foreign tongues, and a method for learning them. It shows, through basic vocabularies, family resemblances of languages Teutonic, Romance, Greek helpful tricks of translation, key combinations of roots and phonetic patterns. It presents by com[...]

The fascinating history of mathematics from the ancient times of Sumer through the Arabs to the geniuses of today in Hogben's riveting and readable prose Callender Mathematics[...]