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Numbers: The Universal Language - Guedj, Denis, and Frankel, Lory
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Numbers are all around us and we take them for granted. Who first invented them? How old are they, and how were they developed? How did they come to represent abstract, universal concepts? How do they vary in different parts of the world today? Who invented algebra? Geometry? Calculus? Zero? How do these ideas affect our daily lives? This information-packed book uses clear language and over 130 illustrations to describe the basic principles of numbers - arithmetic, whole numbers, natural numbers, the concepts of zero and ...

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Numbers: The Universal Language 1998, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780500300800

Paperback

Numbers: The Universal Language 1997, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York

ISBN-13: 9780810928459

Paperback