The Story Of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilazation: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization - Softcover

McLeish, John

 
9780449909386: The Story Of Numbers: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilazation: How Mathematics Has Shaped Civilization
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0449909387 ISBN 13: 9780449909386
Verlag: Ballantine Books, 1994

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"Completely fascinating."
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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tely fascinating."
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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Verlag
Ballantine Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1994
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0449909387
ISBN 13 
9780449909386
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
280
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