This volume contains 11 lectures delivered by the author ranging over a variety of topics in the history of mathematics. Three main themes are included are: the... » 

This volume contains 11 lectures delivered by the author ranging over a variety of topics in the history of mathematics. Three main themes are included are: the early differential and integral calculus; Christiaan Huygens; and the concept of construction in 17th- and 18th-century mathematics. «