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Titel: Perfect Figures: The Lore of Numbers and How We Learned to Count
Verlag: Thomas Dunne Books (edition First Edition)
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0312360053
ISBN-13: 9780312360054
Einband: Hardcover
Auflage: First Edition.
Zustand: Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag

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Since the beginning of civilization, numbers have been more than just a way to keep count. "Perfect Figures" tells the stories of how each number came to be and what incredible associations and superstitions have been connected to them ever since. Along the way are some of the great oddities of numbers' past such as: a time when finger-counting was a sign of intelligence (the Venerable Bede could count to a million on his hands); the medieval Algorists, who were burnt at the stake for their use of Arabic rather than Roman numerals; the Bank of England, which stubbornly kept accounts on notched wooden sticks until 1826. Filled with Crumpacker's eloquent wit and broad intelligence, "Perfect Figures" brings the history of numbers to life just as Bill Bryson did for the English language in "The Mother Tongue".

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BUNNY CRUMPACKER is the author of The Sex Life of Food, as well as two books based on historic food and recipe pamphlets. Her book reviews appear in The Washington Post. She lives in Valley Cottage, New York.

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