Grade 6–10—This title is a solid choice for report writers. After a brief overview of the role of mathematics in ancient Greece, the book profiles Pythagoras, Euclid, Archimedes, and Hypatia. The presentation is greatly enhanced by full-color maps, reproductions, and artifacts, as well as numerous sidebars, diagrams, and time lines. Michael J. Bradley's The Birth of Mathematics: Ancient Times to 1300 (Chelsea House, 2006) covers six more mathematicians and includes Thales.—Caroline Geck, Newark Public Schools, NJ Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
