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Language: English
Published by Random House Publishing Group, 1994
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- Title
- The Story of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization
- Author
- McLeish, John
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0449909387
- ISBN 13
- 9780449909386
- Item weight
- 0.6 pounds
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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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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