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In his preface the author relates how a longstanding fascination with the history of math led him to teach a course in number theory (which Gauss called the "Queen of Mathematics") from a historical perspective, and then to develop and expand his lecture notes for this book. He examines number theory as it developed from the 17th through the 19th centuries, leading readers advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and mathematically educated lay readers to an understanding of today's research problems on the basis of their historical evolution. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
