Enlightening symbols: a short history of mathematical notation and its hidden powers

Numerals. Curious beginnings ; Certain ancient number systems ; Silk and Royal roads ; The Indian gift ; Arrival in Europe ; The Arab gift ; Liber abbaci ; Refuting origins

Algebra. Sans symbols ; Diophantus's Arithmetica ; The great art ; Symbol infancy ; The timid symbol ; Hierarchies of dignity ; Vowels and consonants ; The explosion ; A catalogue of symbols ; The symbol master ; The last of the magicians

The power of symbols. Rendezvous in the mind ; The good symbol ; Invisible gorillas ; Mental pictures

Appendix A. Leibniz's notation

Appendix B. Newton's fluxion of x [superscript n]

Appendix C. Experiment

Appendix D/ Visualizing complex numbers

Appendix E. Quaternions.