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The story of numbers

Patricia Lauber · 2000

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Tells of early man's first need to count, the influence of agriculture and herding on the development of the tally, and numerical systems from Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, Rome, and India.

Book details

Year
2000
Publisher
Random Library
Editions
1
ISBN
9780394901206

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