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This exploration of how people came to appreciate numbers traces the ways in which early humans gradually evolved methods for recording numerical data and performing simple calculations. Its profiles of ancient systems of recording numbers include Egyptian, Maya and Aztec, Chinese, Greek, and the techniques of other cultures. 1974 edition.
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Man and Number
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 58003616-6
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Man and Number: An Account of the Development of Man's Use of Number Through the Ages
Seller: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 115 pages. Ex-university library marks, pages toned; a sound binding. The jacket has some staining and wear, a piece cut away from the spine. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Mathematics; ISBN: 0875231071. ISBN/EAN: 9780875231075. Inventory No: 219067. Seller Inventory # 219067
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Seller: Basement Seller 101, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 240711060
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Seller: Bluebird Books (RMABA, IOBA), Littleton, CO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Stated Fourth Printing, 1974 of a work first published in 1958. Donald Smeltzer has traced the story of mankind's use of numbers, from the earliest days through just before computers became commonplace. With a few scattered illustrations, including a photo of a 19th-century Chinese abacus. --- In brownish-red cloth-look paper-covered boards with silver-stamped spine titling. Volume wrapped in glassine wrapper. --- A tightly-bound, newish copy. Wrapper with numerous holes at crease points & chipping to edges, else intact.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; vii, [3], 118 pages. Seller Inventory # 88324
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Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0875231071
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Seller: Mispah books, Redhill, SURRE, United Kingdom
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA82908752310713
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