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Synopsis
The whimsical toucans, chickens, owl, and penguin from Write Around the World return, bumbling and tumbling around the world and through time, discovering where numbers came from. From the first counting machine (fingers), pebble markers (orcalculus in Latin), and Incan knot-tying to the development of our modern counting system originating in India in 776 C.E. (which took suspicious Europeans 500 years to adopt!),From Zero to Ten is an entertaining and easy-to-understand introduction to the only truly universal language in the world -- numbers -- and related concepts such as trade, money, measurement, time, and even lucky numbers.
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Synopsis
Numbers started off as scratches on bits of stone and bone, but they are all we need to solve mathmatical problems. This title traces the history of "Arabic" numerals and the development of mathematics. It also looks at how we present numbers for measuring distance, weight, time and money.
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- PublisherZero to Ten
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1840891807
- ISBN 13 9781840891805
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorCollins Ross
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