The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer by Georges Ifrah

The Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer

Georges Ifrah

656 pages paperback 1981

4 editions

nonfiction history mathematics science informative slow-paced
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A history of numbers, from Cro-Magnon Man to the electronic spreadsheet, taking in Scandinavia, China and the Classical World. The text is aided by explanatory figures and tables.

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