Ⅰ．THE BEGINNING:TIME AND TALLY 1
Ⅱ．ANCIENT EGYPT:TAXES AND TRIANGLES 12
Ⅲ．BABYLON AND ASSYRIA:SQUARE AND CIRCLE 25
Ⅳ．PHOENICIAN VOYAGES:STARS AND STEERING 36
Ⅴ．GREECE AND ROME:PROOF AND PROGRESS 43
Ⅵ．THE MOSLEM EMPIRE:NUMBERS AND NOTHING 63
Ⅶ．WESTERN EUROPE:GRAPHS AND GRAVITY 73
Ⅷ．THE INDUSTRIAL WORLD:POWER AND PRECISION 86
VOCABULARY 96