HISTORIA MATHEMATICA: VOLUME 5, PAGES 1--126, FEBRUARY 1978
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VOLUME 5, PAGES 1--126, FEBRUARY 1978
This issue is dedicated to Kenneth O. May.
Kenneth O. May, 1915--1977 ................................................ 1--2
A Memorial Tribute to Kenneth O. May
S. Drake, H. S. M. Coxeter, C. V. Jones, H. S. Tropp,
C. J. Scriba, B. Sinclair, M. S. Mahoney, and D. J. Struik ......... 3--12
Johann Heinrich Lambert, mathematician and scientist, 1728--1777
J. J. Gray and Laura Tilling ...................................... 13--41
Archimedes and the spirals: The heuristic background
Wilbur R. Knorr ................................................... 43--75
The origin of ``Zorn's Lemma''
Paul J. Campbell .................................................. 77--89
SOURCES ..................................................................... 93
BOOK REVIEWS ........................................................... 96--113
Seki takakazu zenshu edited and explained by A. Hirayama,
K. Shimodaira and H. Hirose
(Toshio Matsuzaki) ................................................ 96--98
Nihonjin no sugaku by S. Shimodaira
(Toshio Matsuzaki) .................................................... 99
Evolution of mathematical concepts: An elementary study
by Raymond L. Wilder
(Michael J. Crowe) ............................................... 99--105
Grecheskaya logistika by A. M. Eganyan
(Jacob Klein) ................................................... 105--107
Vorlesungen über neuere geometrie by M. Pasch with an
appendix by M. Dehn
(B. L. van der Waerden) .............................................. 107
Galileo, two new sciences by Stillman Drake
(D. Mangeron) ................................................... 107--108
Histoire comparée des numérations écrites, by
Geneviève Guitel
(Evert M. Bruins)
ABSTRACTS ............................................................. 114--126
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