Derbyshire, John

Chronicles algebra's history from the days of Abraham to the work of nineteenth-century mathematicians Niels Henrik Abel and ?variste Galois and through the twentieth century, examining the math and showing that the development of algebra was the development of a new way of thinking.

Traces the history and background of the Riemann Hypothesis, discussing the impact it has had on the field of mathematics since it was first developed in 1859.