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9780805238471
Numbers: Their History and Meaning - Graham Flegg - Hardcover - 1st American ed
by Flegg, Graham
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- ISBN-13: 9780805238471
- ISBN: 0805238476
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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Extremely readable, jargon-free book for general readers traces the evolution of counting systems, from the primitive techniques of antiquity to computers. Text examines the earliest endeavors to count and record numbers, initial attempts to solve problems by using equations, and origins of infinite cardinal arithmetic. "Surprisingly exciting." -- "Choice."Flegg, Graham is the author of 'Numbers: Their History and Meaning - Graham Flegg - Hardcover - 1st American ed' with ISBN 9780805238471 and ISBN 0805238476.
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