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Men of Mathematics provides a fascinating and accessible look at the history of mathematics. It was written in 1937 by the famous mathematician, E. T. Bell. Summary of the Book Men of Mathematics is devoted to the lives and work of the greatest mathematicians of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The book provides a detailed account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks and Newton’s calculus to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. The book includes several engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians and will make for an engaging read for those interested in the history of mathematics. About Eric T. Bell Eric Temple Bell was a Scottish-born mathematician and science fiction writer. In the early 1920’s, Bell wrote several long poems. He also wrote several science fiction novels. Some of his other notable works include An Arithmetical Theory of Certain Numerical Functions, The Cyclotomic Quinary Quintic, Algebraic Arithmetic, and Debunking Science.