Numbers Through the Ages
A fascinating and well-illustrated account of the early history of counting, numerals and elementary calculation, this book will be of interest to all those studying History of Mathematics. It was originally part of a highly successful Open University course in History of Mathematics written with no...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Macmillan Education UK
1989, 1989
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Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
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Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | A fascinating and well-illustrated account of the early history of counting, numerals and elementary calculation, this book will be of interest to all those studying History of Mathematics. It was originally part of a highly successful Open University course in History of Mathematics written with non-specialist students in mind, and so it will also provide useful background reading for many other disciplines as well as a valuable source of project work for Maths and History teachers. This edition contains new material on Ogham script, Cyrillic numerals and Sumerian mensuration, as well as a final section on the modern computer |
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Physical Description: | VIII, 232 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9781349201778 |