The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization
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Language: English
Published by Random House, 1994
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- Title
- The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization
- Author
- John McLeish
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0449909387
- ISBN 13
- 9780449909386
"Completely fascinating."
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Journeying through time, THE STORY OF NUMBERS explores the history of mathematics to trace the rise of various number sysems in cultures from Mesopotamia to the modern Computer Era. John McLeish reveals how these number systems in turn have shaped the cultures that devised them. From the secrets and the beauty of the Mayan calendar, to Arabaian algebra, the Chinese counting board, from Pythagoras to Newton to Boole, McLeish uncovers the human side of numbers, who used them and how they have shaped our world.
TIMES EDUCATIONAL SUPLEMENT
Journeying through time, THE STORY OF NUMBERS explores the history of mathematics to trace the rise of various number sysems in cultures from Mesopotamia to the modern Computer Era. John McLeish reveals how these number systems in turn have shaped the cultures that devised them. From the secrets and the beauty of the Mayan calendar, to Arabaian algebra, the Chinese counting board, from Pythagoras to Newton to Boole, McLeish uncovers the human side of numbers, who used them and how they have shaped our world.
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This book explores the history of mathematics to trace the rise of various numbers systems in cultures from Mesopotamia to the modern Computer Era. McLeish reveals how these number systems in turn have shaped the cultures that devised them.
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