[dredmorbius]

Your mention of "invention of logarithms" raises a couple of questions.

First: is there a good, accessible (college calculus, some diff eq, some linear algebra) history of mathematics you might recommend?

Second: I've been kicking around an ontology of technological dynamics (or mechanisms) for a few months. In it I classify mathematics under symbolic representation and manipulation, along with what I see as related tools of speech, language, writing, logic, programming, and AI. If that sets off any lights, bells, or whistles, I'd be happy to hear ideas or references.

https://ello.co/dredmorbius/post/klsjjjzzl9plqxz-ms8nww

[jacobolus]

Stillwell’s book is pretty good. http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781441960528 https://amzn.com/144196052X (Unfortunately recent Springer books are printed on demand, and printing/binding quality can be iffy; in particular quality of books bought via Amazon seems to be quite poor.)

[dredmorbius]

Thanks. Fortunately there are local library copies:

https://www.worldcat.org/title/mathematics-and-its-history/o...