Math Makers : The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians, Hardcover by Posamentier, Alfred S.; Spreitzer, Christian, ISBN 1633885208, ISBN-13 9781633885202, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK

Chronicles the history of mathematics through biographies of 50 mathematicians, including Isaac Newton, who founded classical physics and infinitesimal calculus and Sophie Germain, who secretly studied math at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, using the name of a male student.