The epic history of numbers begins with cave dwellers and chronicles the long sweep of mathematics across many cultures and tens of thousands of years, including Chinese, Greek, Egyptian, Roman, Indian, Arabic, and European systems of counting. BOMC. 40,000 first printing. $60,000 ad/promo.
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Georges Ifrah is an independent scholar and former math teacher. David Bellos, the primary translator, is Professor of French at Princeton University. Sophie Wood, cotranslator, is a specialist in technical translation from French. Ian Monk, cotranslator, has translated the works of Georges Perec and Daniel Pennac.
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Librería: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardback. Condición: Good. "Monumental [and] dazzling. A wonderful gift."-Kirkus Reviews"Georges Ifrah is the man, and this book, quite simply, rules.It is outstanding .a mind-boggling and enriching experience."-Guardian (London)"Monumental .a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."-The Times (London)"Ifrah's book amazes and fascinates by the scope of its scholarship. It is nothing less than the history of the human race told through figures."-International Herald TribuneA riveting history of numbers from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this landmark international bestseller is the first complete, universal study of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over. Georges Ifrah brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human terms, the interesting situations that made them necessary, and the brilliant achievements in human thought that they made possible. The reader is taken through the numbers story from Europe to China, via ancient Greece and Rome, Mesopotamia, Latin America, India, and the Arabic countries. Exploring the many ways civilizations develop. Nº de ref. del artículo: 00110564900
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Librería: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardback. Condición: Good. "Monumental [and] dazzling. A wonderful gift."-Kirkus Reviews"Georges Ifrah is the man, and this book, quite simply, rules.It is outstanding .a mind-boggling and enriching experience."-Guardian (London)"Monumental .a fascinating journey taking us through many different cultures."-The Times (London)"Ifrah's book amazes and fascinates by the scope of its scholarship. It is nothing less than the history of the human race told through figures."-International Herald TribuneA riveting history of numbers from the time of the cave dwellers to the twentieth century, this landmark international bestseller is the first complete, universal study of the invention and evolution of numbers the world over. Georges Ifrah brings numbers to thrilling life, explaining their development in human terms, the interesting situations that made them necessary, and the brilliant achievements in human thought that they made possible. The reader is taken through the numbers story from Europe to China, via ancient Greece and Rome, Mesopotamia, Latin America, India, and the Arabic countries. Exploring the many ways civilizations develop. Nº de ref. del artículo: CIN0471375683G
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Librería: More Than Words, Waltham, MA, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Fables Books, Goshen, IN, Estados Unidos de America
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Librería: Duru Media, Tallahassee, FL, Estados Unidos de America
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