Thomas L. Heath: A History of Greek Mathematics Volume I-II.

˝As it is, the book is indispensable; it has, indeed, no serious English rival.˝ (Times Literary Supplement) ˝Sir Thomas Heath, foremost English historian ot the ancient exact scicnces in the twentieh century.˝ (Prof. W. H. Stahl) ˝Indeed, secing that so much of Greek is mathernatics, it is arguable that, if one would undorstand the Greek genius fully, it would be a good plan to begin with their geometry.˝ The perspective that enabled Sir Thomas Heath to understand the Greek genius - deep intimacy with languages, literatures, philosophy and all the sciences - brought him perhaps closer to his beloved subjects, and to their own ideal of educated men, than is common or even possible todav. Heath read the original texts with a critical, scrupulous eye, and brought to this definitive two volume history the insights of a mathematician communicated with the clarity of classically taught English.