| Edition |
First Ballantine Books trade paperback edition. |
| Description |
266 pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Originally published under the title "Number" in Great Britain : Bloomsbury Pub., 1991, and in the United States by Ballantine Books in 1992. |
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"How mathematics has shaped civilization" -- subtitle on cover. |
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At head of title: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and index. |
| Contents |
The language of number -- The Amerindians and number -- Sumeria and Babylon -- Ancient Egypt -- Ancient China -- Ancient Greek fantasies about number -- Ancient Israel -- The Indian love-affair with number -- The Maya -- The Arabs: renaissance of number and science -- Francis Bacon and new directions -- John Napier: the rationalisation of arithmetic -- The Newtonian revolution: the |
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marriage of craftsmanship and scholarship -- Babbage, the great unknown -- Boole and Boolean logic -- Machines which (or who?) think -- The electronic computer -- The nature of scientific change. |
| Subject |
Mathematics -- History.
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| Added Title |
Number
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| ISBN |
0449909387 paperback $11.00 ($14.95 Can.) |
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